“22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was
taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his
resurrection.” Acts 1:22
Are you a witness to the resurrection? In the first
chapter of Acts the disciples declare plainly that they were witnesses of Jesus
throughout the entirety of his ministry. They were with him when he
walked as a man, preached and taught the gospel that God gave him. They
were with him when he went to Jerusalem to be condemned to a cross. They
saw the lifeless body of Jesus carried to a tomb, and they communed with him
after he was raised. They saw him in life, death, and after his resurrection.
A personal witness of Jesus Christ in your life must extend further than
witnessing to the life and death of Jesus. If you live in this world, you
don’t have to look very far to find those who are unhappy, discontent,
unsatisfied, etc. You may find many people, who seem to be just
existing, and not living. Good readers please understand if you are to
come out of darkness and into the light you must obtain a witness of his
resurrection. Imagine if the apostles only preached the life and death of
Christ. “Oh, he was a good man and he had good philosophies, ideas, so
forth. But they killed him.” To say that Jesus was only a prophet
or a teacher was to say nothing at all. Yes, he was those things, but
ultimately he was the Son of God! The SAVIOR of the world! And he
was come to save us from our sins. This was done not in his life and
death; but in his life, death, and resurrection. The resurrection brought
victory over sin. The resurrection brought the Spirit that could reign within;
giving us new life. Jesus was raised from the dead, so we could be raised
from the dead; from the dead works of sin to a life of righteousness. (Romans
6:11)
If we are only a witness to the fact that Jesus was a man whose philosophies,
when they are applied, will help us live better lives. We are only witnesses to his life and
death. Therefore we will always have death in us; we will always be
existing and never truly living. However, if you witness to the fact that
you have died to yourself: your sinning, your ambitions, your wants, your
wishes, and all such like; and you have been resurrected to a new life of
righteousness, and holiness through the power of Christ. That is when a
man or women finds: life, peace, contentment, satisfaction, etc.; when they are
witnesses to his resurrection.
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