WITNESS AGAIN

 

Good morning!

Blessings to you today! 

On Tuesday I was talking about witnessing for Jesus and why, from the CRU which is Campus Crusade for Christ. Which when I was in high school it was Youth for Christ. Sometime they moved in to colleges, well, maybe they were then also. I don't know because I was only in high school. These meetings were my church. They are where I got to know about Jesus. My family didn't go to church but I did have those meetings. And I praise God for them.

Anyway, back to why we witness for Jesus. The first four are in Tuesday's blog.

5. God wants you to witness because of the benefits He offers to those who receive Christ. When you introduce others to Christ, they become children of God; their bodies become temples of God; all their sins are forgiven - past, present and future! They begin to experience the peace and love of God; they receive God's direction and purpose for their lives; they experience the power of God to change their lives; and they have assurance of eternal life.
6. God wants you to witness because of the benefits to those who witness. Witnessing stimulates your spiritual growth. Witnessing leads you to pray and to study God's Word and encourages you to depend on Christ. As you witness in the power of the Holy Spirit, you sow love and joy and peace. According to the law for sowing and reaping, you always harvest what you sow and even more. For example, if you sow love, you will harvest love. If you sow joy, you will reap joy. If you sow peace, you will reap peace. And always, the harvest is greater than the seed sown.
7. God wants you to witness to experience the tremendous privilege and honor of representing Jesus to the world. In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul wrote, "We are Christ's ambassadors. God is using us to speak to you. We beg you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, receive the love he offers you - be reconciled to God." 2 Cor. 5:20.
Most people consider it a high honor to serve as an ambassador for the head of their country - the president or king - but as a believer in Christ, you are an ambassador for the King of kings and the Lord of lords!
8. God wants you to witness because the Holy Spirit has been given to provide the power for you to do so. Jesus says, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8. To fail to witness for Christ is to deny the Holy Spirit His right to empower and to use you to introduce others to our Savior.
by CRU

I thought that this was really good. I have never seen anything actually written out like this. But it really could help us. So just trust God to give you the words to say to tell others about Jesus. And He will help you!

Have a terrific day!

Lesbear

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