The Truest Witness of God

Table of Contents 2004

We bear a true witness of God only to the extent we are portraying the thinking, speaking, and acting of Jesus Christ.

Well, here it is, Sunday 10/17/2004. I missed doing the Pastor’s Page a week ago (10/10), so I will tell you what I preached on that day.

The subject on 10/10 was that of being a witness. I started with Colossians 3:5. Beginning with Colossians 3:5, The Apostle Paul gives us a list of behaviors that we are to turn away from. As Paul says, the reason we must turn away from these behaviors is that we are going to appear with Christ when He appears.

We Christians are to be the light of the world, not only in this present world but even more so when the Lord appears.

But in what way do we light the world? We light the world by being a witness of Christ. The world of today exists in the grossest moral darkness!

It may be true that in most churches the idea that we are to be witnesses of Christ is stressed. But I don’t believe we are using the term correctly. By witnessing we mean telling others what we know about the plan of salvation, or passing out tracts. However, telling others what we know and believe about the plan of salvation, or passing out tracts, probably has more to do with ministry or with proselyting to our religion than it does with witnessing.

The truest Witness of God is the Lord Jesus Christ. But how does Christ bear witness of God? Christ bears witness of God by being the exact representation of God’s Person. Christ always thinks as God is thinking. Christ always speaks as God is speaking. Christ always acts as God is acting. This is what it means to be a witness of God.

This precisely is true of us. We are a witness of Jesus Christ to the extent we are thinking as Christ thinks. Speaking as Christ speaks. Acting as Christ acts.

But is this possible? Of course it is. We have been predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ, who is the Witness of God, the Light of the world. Is the God of Heaven who created the universe unable to perform His Word?

How do we go about fulfilling God’s intention that we be His witness? Simple! We learn to pray without ceasing; to commit every thought, word, and deed to Christ. This is not as difficult as it may sound, but it does mean we have to turn aside from our own life and seek the Life of Christ. Continually throughout the day and night we are to be asking, " Lord, am I thinking as you are thinking? Am I speaking as you are speaking? Am I behaving as you are behaving? If I am not, please make it so that I am–right this very minute! Such constant communion and obedience is the rest of God.

This is what we ought to do, isn’t it, our reasonable service of worship? Are you ready to walk so closely to the Lord Jesus?