The White Page

I was thinking about leaving this page blank to symbolize our cleansing from sin by the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary, but I decided to use this page to talk about a very important part of witnessing

Your Personal Testimony

Just the thought of giving a personal testimony has many people thinking, but my conversion was not that dramatic.

Maybe I could use the testimony of that guy down the street now his conversion was dramatic

He was In and out of prison

A Drug Addict

An Alcoholic

Then he meets Jesus and boom he’s out there preaching the Gospel and sharing his faith like the next Billy Graham

Stop a minute and catch your breath.

Yes, His tesitmony is important

But, guess what?
Your Testimony Is Important Too!

Remember if you had no testimony you would not be a Christian

Write out your testimony and try to remember what words or facts opened your eyes to the Truth of who Jesus Christ isand and that He died for your sins

Some of the truths you may want to tell others depending upon the circumstances are:

What you were like before you met Jesus

What were the circumstances behind coming to the
Lord?
(How did you come to the conclusion that Jesus is the Truth, Life and Way)

How a personal relationship with Jesus has changed your life

And
The struggles that you still face, even now as a Chrsitian
(it is important to show that as a Christian the only difference between you and them is that you have given your life to the Lord)

This will give the other person the knowledge that being a Christian does not mean that we live in a vacuum free from trials and temptations. It will also let the person know that as a Christian we do not feel that we are above anybody else we still sin. The only difference is now we have faced the truth of the Gospel and given our heart to the one who paid the price for our sin.

As I have said before when you deliver the message remember the Bible tells us that we are given the power to speak the truth

Now armed with the knowledge of what the Gospel is and your personal testimony you are now ready to reach the ultimate goal of witnessing

A changed life

Remember as with the red page

You will want to pray to God about your friends and acquaintances

Ask Him to open hearts and minds to be receptive to the truth

Remember witnessing is not pointing out someone’s faults and telling them where they are going to go because of it

Witnessing is having a conversation about the Lord and what he has done for you and me

A good example of this is Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus did not hunt her down and get in her face he led her through a series of questions about who the Savior was and what that had to do with her. Then he pointed out that she was in need of that Savior and then her eyes were opened and she put her faith and trust in the Lord

Jesus said we are fishers of men

Hunting is tracking something with the purpose of going in for the kill

Fishing is laying out some bait and waiting for the fish to come to you

With Witnessing you may only be able to plant the first seed a fruitful plant may come much later on

Remember witnessing is not a numbers game. There is no one keeping score of how many people you help to find the Lord

The Bible says that their is a purpose for everything under the sun.

Our urpose is to go and tell. The Lord will take care of the rest

There are those times may never see the fruit of your labors, but remember without you planting the seeds, someone else of God's choosing will not be able to do the culitvating and reaping.

There are also going to be those people who you
witness to that accept the Lord
but do not acknowledge their conversion to you.

So again do not be discouraged but in faith proclaim the Gospel,God will take care of the rest.

Remeber as Paul said:

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Now live your life for God, which is the meaning of the green page in the wordless book