PURPOSE OF OUR TESTIMONY

 Revelation 12:11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,…

*My Testimony is that I’m already paid for by the blood of Jesus!

What’s the Purpose of Testimony

*When you tell other people about what God has done for you, you are sharing your testimony.

*A testimony is when you share your story of how you came to faith. Every Christian has a testimony.

*Some Christians have dramatic testimonies where they tell of being delivered from a life of drug addiction or crime or some bad deeds.
*Other Christians don’t have testimonies that are quite as dramatic – but they are just as significant.

Your testimony is not about what you gave up for Jesus.

Your testimony is about what God gave up for you.
*Don’t share what you have done for Jesus.
**Share what Jesus has done for you.

Jesus is the one who has done the work. It is Jesus whom we are proclaiming.

A good, strong testimony will lift up what Christ has accomplished.

The fact of the matter is that all of us were sinners hopelessly separated from God, traveling in the same boat on our way to hell; and the same gospel came and transformed us. That is the testimony we all have.

*God loves people more than He loves their comfort.
*God invests a great deal into mankind. *God desires a personal relationship with us and will go to great lengths to create such a relationship in order for us to receive the rewards and inheritance He has for us.
*God often causes delays in our lives that we cannot understand. Sometimes it seems our obedience is not getting rewarded.
*Jesus said He learned obedience through the things He suffered (see Heb. 5:8).
*Imagine that – Jesus having to learn obedience.

What does that say for you and me?

Sometimes God’s delays are simply because He wants more glory in the situation, more recognition, more Christ-likeness in you and me through greater patience and obedience.
Faint not, for the promise may yet come.

Thank You Jesus for each persons unique testimony that only You could create for our good and Your Glory.   Help me lift up what You have accomplished in and through my life.  Amen