Testimony

Jesus The Lamb of God

The baptism of Jesus is not recorded in John’s Gospel, but John testifies that he had been told by God that when the sign of the dove would occur, the person so marked would be “the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world” (v.29). John goes on to explain that a man is …

Paul’s Salvation Testimony

Paul gives his personal testimony of the appearance of the Lord to him on the road to Damascus (vv. 6-7). So far as we know he had never known Jesus in the flesh. His first glimpse of Him was a blinding vision from heaven, and this became the driving, motivating force of his life. When he …

Jesus’ time with the Samaritans

Many Samaritans from Sychar believed in Jesus after hearing the testimony of the woman at the well, “He told me all that I ever did” (v. 39). There’s a lesson here for believers. When we share our personal testimony of what God done in our lives, God can use our story to help point others …

Joseph’s Rise to Power

Pharaoh and his officials were impressed with Joseph. They saw the touch of God’s Spirit on his life (vv. 37- 38). Pharaoh made Joseph governor of all of Egypt (vv. 39-41), placed his ring on his hand (v. 42), gave him royal clothing to wear, let him ride to ride in the second chariot, and had …

The Results of Refusing to Receive Correction

Jerusalem was about to fall into the hands of the political enemy from without because of the spiritual enemies of God working from within. Jeremiah is commanded to search Jerusalem and Judah for a man. He searched among the common people in the city squares, but he found none (v …

IllustrationChristians Lives Spared in Indonesia Because of Christmas

We know that 80% of the town of Meulaboh in Aceh, Indonesia was destroyed by the Tsunami waves and 80% of the people also died. This is one of the towns that was hit the hardest. But there is a fantastic testimony from Meulaboh. In that town are about 400 Christians. They wanted …

IllustrationMark Hatfield Turns His Glass Upside Down at Social Functions

Senator Mark Hatfield told me, and I have also seen him do it, that when he goes to social functions where hard liquor and wines are served, he turns his glass upside down. I have heard the master of ceremonies of a banquet tease him about it but there is no doubt that his …

IllustrationBilly Graham’s Academic Preaching Was of no Effect

In Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster told of Billy Graham preaching at Cambridge in 1955. For three nights he tried to make his preaching academic and enlightened, but with no …

IllustrationTestimony from Resurrection Witnesses

What if we had each person that witnessed the resurrection of our Lord give their testimony here this morning and talk for 15 minutes telling what they saw. If we listened to the testimony of all the people that Jesus appeared to, we would be here all day, and all night, and Mond …