Faithful Wittness

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here
2 Corinthians 5:17


Last night, Tuesday night, we have a group here, I Am Second.  The group has always been very good, based on personal testimony and living second to Jesus Christ.  The program uses online video testimonies from all sorts of poeple, famous and non famous, young and old.  Generally the testimonies are five or six minutes long and then lead into questions from the Leaders Guide. Last night was a very powerful evening as we were blessed wwith the tesimony from a Soldier here from our group.

I am not going to give the Soldiers name and I am not going to speak of the details of his teatimony.  What I will say is this, if I had not heard his testimony I would have never thought this man other than a life long, strong wittness to Jesus Christ and a faithful servant to Him.  Very vividly do you see the truth in the verse from 2 Corinthians 5:17, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here...


This young man, by trust in the Lord, courage and faith relayed the the person he was, the tragic events of his life, his coming to saving faith in Jesus Christ, and the new creation that he has become.  As I listened I was forced to contrast what he was saying with the man that I new.  Darkness and light, evil and good.  Feeling at one point the pain in his voice as he recalled the events of his childhood and then the joy and hope of coming to faith in Jesus Christ.

If you have never heard the testimony of one who has been saved, one such as this, you are missing the real transforming work of God.  In these testimonies you wittness true grace and forgivness that is offered freely from God through the faith in His Son, and the work that He accomplished on the cross.  As this young man stated in last night, the Bible states that if you are guilty of breaking one commandment you are guilty of breaking all.  Until he accepted that all sins, all sins have been paid for this change could not have happened.

He was set free of the bondage of guilt and self condemnation that so much was and would have consumed him by asking Jesus Christ to save him, to be his Lord and Savior.  He has been made new.  He is a new creation.  He was born again.  He lives now walking in the light of the Lord Jesus Christ.  the Spirit is in Him and he is a tremendous wittness to the transformation that all men are freely offered by God.

If you are guilty of breaking the least, you are guilty of breaking all.  We are all sinners, every man, regardless of how good you think you are you are guilty.  It is our nature to sin, we can never break free of it on our own.  Our only hope is to accept that Jesus Christ has gained victory over this sin and therefore can, if we ask Him to, stand before God on our behalf.  If you have not done so, ask the Lord to be your Lord and Saviour.  Place this truth in your heart and follow Him as He has asked.  You to will see, and be a wittness to, the transformation of the old creation into the new in Christ Jesus.

Lord, thank you for your faithful servant who has poured out his testimonny to strengthen this body of believers.  Continue to strengthen his wittness and allow him the hiopes of his heart as he lives for you.  Amen.