Testimony

Paul’s Salvation Testimony - Acts 22:6 – 22:16 (commentary)

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 ...

The Results of Refusing to Receive Correction - Jeremiah 5:1 – 5:13 (commentary)

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 …

Jesus The Lamb of God - John 1:29 – 1:34 (commentary)

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 ...

Joseph Rises to Power - Genesis 41:37 – 41:49 (commentary)

Pharaoh and his officials were so impressed with Joseph, who was “a man in whom the spirit of God is” (vv. 37-38) that Pharaoh elevated him to a position second only to his own position (vv. 39- 40). He made Joseph governor of all of Egypt (v, 41), placed his royal …

Jesus’ time with the Samaritans - John 4:39 – 4:45 (commentary)

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 ...