That the World May Know
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. Isa. 43: 12.
A living Christian will have a living testimony to
bear. If you have been following Jesus step by step, you will have something right to the point to relate of the way He has led you. You can tell how you tested His
promise, and found the promise true. You can point to the living spots in your experience, without going back for years into the past. Would that we could oftener
hear the simple, earnest testimony of heart conflicts and victories. . . .
Every true Christian will have a battle to fight to practice the principles of truth as well as to assent to them. . . . The Captain of our salvation calls for witnesses
fresh from the field of action. Those who have been fiercely assaulted by the enemies of truth and the adversary of souls, and who have conducted themselves as did
Jesus in His hour of trial, will have a testimony to bear which will thrill the hearts of the hearers. They will indeed be witnesses for Jesus.
We do not always realize the power of example. We are brought in contact with others. We meet persons who are erring, who do wrong in various ways; they
may be disagreeable, quick, passionate, dictatorial. While dealing with these we must be patient, forbearing, kind, and gentle. . . . There are trials and perplexities for
us all to encounter; for we are in a world of cares, anxieties, and disappointments. But these continual annoyances must be met in the spirit of Christ. Through grace
we may rise superior to our surroundings, and keep our spirits calm and unruffled amid the frets and worries of everyday life. We shall thus represent Christ to the
World.
Christ sought to save the world, not by conformity to it, but by revealing to the world the transforming power of the grace of God to mold and fashion the human
character after the likeness of the character of Christ.
The grace of Christ is to work a wonderful transformation in the life and character of its receiver; and
if we are truly the disciples of Christ, the world will see that divine power has done something for us; for while we are in the world, we shall not be of it.
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