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What makes Jesus real to others? Is it what we say? What we do? How do the unsaved come to believe Jesus is real?<\/p>\n
Revelation 12:11 says, it is by our testimony.<\/p>\n
When I think about my testimony, I cringe.<\/p>\n
Do I really want to tell others what I have done and been through?<\/p>\n
Truth be told, I never share my testimony. I may share bits and pieces of it, here and there, but I never get around to actually telling people what God has delivered me from.<\/p>\n
I remember when a close friend of mine who is a missionary introduced me to other missionaries. She began telling them a little bit about my testimony and I was mortified. She saw the expression on my face and pulled me aside to apologize. I told her I wasn\u2019t comfortable sharing my story with others, whether they are Christians or not.<\/p>\n
I am not comfortable sharing my past, which is why I don\u2019t share my testimony.<\/p>\n
Recently, I listened to a message where a pastor said, \u201cGod did not deliver you for yourself. He did not deliver you, so that you could live a comfortable life, sitting on your sofa, eating popcorn. He delivered you so that you can go tell others about what Jesus has done for you, so that others may believe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boy, did I feel convicted.<\/p>\n
All these years, I have been sitting on my testimony because I don\u2019t want to be judged and criticized by others.<\/p>\n
Yes, God has delivered me of much, but yet, I want to tuck it away somewhere, go on with my life and forget about it.<\/p>\n
We can continue to use prescriptions and formulas to bring others to Christ. We can also act like we have it figured out and attempt to do everything with our own reasoning.<\/p>\n
However, as you can see from the above verse, it isn\u2019t by our logical antidotes or persuasive words that brings others to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
It is by the Holy Spirit, the blood of the Lamb, and the word of our testimony.<\/p>\n
This is God\u2019s prescription.<\/p>\n
The real question is, will we continue to follow our own way or do it His way?<\/p>\n
Do you also find it hard to share you testimony?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cAnd they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the Word of their testimony.\u201d Revelation 12:11 What makes Jesus real to others? Is it what we say? What we do? How do the unsaved come to believe Jesus is real? Revelation 12:11 says, it is by our testimony. When I think about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10,8,7],"tags":[771,370,508,770],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}