Text: “And they overcame him (Satan) by the Blood of
the Lamb, and by the Word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives
unto the death.”
Revelation 12:11.
Good morning, testifying
Christian! You have been granted, by
God’s free and Sovereign grace, a testimony of His Divine ability and
willingness to save your never-dying soul from sin - and, praise God, you are
faithfully using that testimony to tell other souls that there is Eternal
Salvation to be found in the Cross of Christ Jesus. You do well, beloved friend; you do very
well. Keep it up! Never let anyone deter you from telling all
who will listen to the story of how you were redeemed by the Blood of a living
and risen Christ Jesus. Praise and all
glory to His Holy and Victorious Name!
Amen.
But, WHY are you a ‘testifying
Christian'? What is the Divinely inspired
reason for such a ministry for Christ?
What is God’s Eternal purpose for such ‘testifying Christians'? When we ask the vital questions, we will
receive the vital answers.
Read/hear well God’s purpose
for ‘testifying Christians’ - straight from His own inspired Word found in
Romans chapter 10: - read slowly, and fully understand the importance of these
next quoted verses of Holy Scripture.
“For whosoever shall call upon
the Name of the Lord shall be saved. How
then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe on Him of Whom
they have not heard? And how shall they
hear without a preacher? And how shall
they preach , except they be sent? As it
is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace
and bring glad tidings (good news) of good things!…So then faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.”
(Romans 10:13-17)
The whole purpose of a
‘testifying Christian’ is to make people hear the good news of Eternal
Salvation from sin; found only through the finished Sacrifice of Christ Jesus
on Calvary’s Cross, where He made the full Atonement Sacrifice for all the sins
of ‘His people’, the true church international.
God’s elect souls will hear
with their hearts, repent from their sins; and be Eternally saved and secured
by Christ. All others, ‘the reprobate’,
will also hear, but only with their carnal ears, and continue on in their sins
and rejection of Christ, until that terrible day of God’s Judgement when they
will receive Eternal damnation. That’s
the Gospel!
“And ye shall know the TRUTH
and the truth shall make you free.”
(John 8:32)
“Jesus saith unto him
(Thomas), I am the way, THE TRUTH, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father,
but by Me.” (John 14:6)
Verses twenty-one to
twenty-four of Psalm 31 are a testimony of Christian Victory; given through
faith in the Messiah Jesus Who would come and be revealed to ‘His people’,
hundreds of years later in history.
David, inspired by God the Holy Spirit, was looking forward with
God-given faith to the Ultimate Victory every true believer has in Christ
Jesus. In Christ Jesus, we are more than
conquerors over every fear and foe.
“Nay, in all these things we
are more than conquerors through Him (Christ Jesus) that loved us. For I am persuaded (fully assured), that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth nor any other creature
(including ourselves!), shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
(Romans 8:37-39)
Verse 21. “Blessed be the Lord. When the Lord
blesses us, we cannot but do less than bless Him in return.
Verse 22. “I said in my haste,
I am cut off from before Thine eyes. We generally speak
amiss when we are in a hurry. Hasty
words are but for a moment on the tongue, but they often lie for years on the
conscience. Oh! What love is due from us to Christ, that has
pleaded for us when we ourselves had nothing to say! That has brought us out of a den of lions,
and from the jaws of the roaring lion!”
(C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page 153)
“The goodness of God is
unsearchable; how great is the excellency of His majesty, that yet He would
look upon such a one as I; that He has given me peace that was full of terror,
and walked continually as amidst fire and brimstone.” (Timothy Rogers 1660-1729)
Verse 23. “And plentifully rewardeth the proud
doer. The next query is how God
rewardeth the proud doer. By way
of retaliation - for Adonibezek that would be cutting off thumbs, had
his thumbs cut off (Judges 1:7). So the
poor Jews that cried so loud, ‘Crucify Him, crucify Him,’ were so many of them
crucified, that if you believe Josephus, there was not wood enough to make
crosses nor in the usual place room enough to set up crosses when they were
made. Snares are made and pits are
digged by the proud for themselves commonly, to which the Scriptures throughout
gives abundant testimony.” (Hugh Peters
1645)
Thought: Verse 24.
“Be of good courage. Christian courage
may thus be described. It is the undaunted audacity of a sanctified heart in
adventuring upon difficulties and undergoing hardships for a good cause upon
the call of God.” (Simeon Ash 1642) Go forth and testify - your message is one of
Christian Victory in Christ. Hallelujah!
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