Testimony
My wife and I joined a local meeting of the Community Bible Study, an organization of interdenominational members that just want to study the Bible. It's quite admirable. This term includes Galatians and Hebrews.
In Galatians the second lesson focuses on Paul's apostolic authority, that the message of grace was given to him directly by Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 26:12-18). Paul deemed it necessary as to validate the message he was giving to the churches in Galatia.
Similarly when we proclaim Jesus to others, we should also be able to provide a mark of authority, which is our personal testimony. In the commentary of this study it says:
The change in Paul's life was dramatic, demonstrating the power as well as the grace of God. However, we must remember that every conversion comes by God's grace and power. When an honest, kind, and a good tempered person puts his faith in Christ it is no less a miracle than the conversion of Paul, even if it is less dramatic. Human nature, apart from the work of the Holy Spirit, cannot understand or believe the gospel (1 Cor 2:12-14). Whether you came to know the Lord in your teens or as an adult or were nurthered by Christian parents so that you cannot remember a time when you did not know Christ as your Lord, the Holy Spirit was the agent of conversion. And though you may not remember it, for each of us there is a time when we trust Christ to provide forgiveness for the sin the Holy Spirit brings to mind.
This, along with hearing other testimonies has inspired me to write mine out and share it with any who wants to read it. This is my testimony of coming to believe the gospel.
In Galatians the second lesson focuses on Paul's apostolic authority, that the message of grace was given to him directly by Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 26:12-18). Paul deemed it necessary as to validate the message he was giving to the churches in Galatia.
Similarly when we proclaim Jesus to others, we should also be able to provide a mark of authority, which is our personal testimony. In the commentary of this study it says:
The change in Paul's life was dramatic, demonstrating the power as well as the grace of God. However, we must remember that every conversion comes by God's grace and power. When an honest, kind, and a good tempered person puts his faith in Christ it is no less a miracle than the conversion of Paul, even if it is less dramatic. Human nature, apart from the work of the Holy Spirit, cannot understand or believe the gospel (1 Cor 2:12-14). Whether you came to know the Lord in your teens or as an adult or were nurthered by Christian parents so that you cannot remember a time when you did not know Christ as your Lord, the Holy Spirit was the agent of conversion. And though you may not remember it, for each of us there is a time when we trust Christ to provide forgiveness for the sin the Holy Spirit brings to mind.
This, along with hearing other testimonies has inspired me to write mine out and share it with any who wants to read it. This is my testimony of coming to believe the gospel.
posted by Gary at 5:26 AM
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