INTRODUCTION:
"Even the smallest and seemingly ordinary representation of a true Christian has a big impact on unbelievers. . ."
Children see what we adults do everyday...and unknowingly imitate our actions.
We can have a powerful testimony...
HOW. . .
I. BY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GOD
v.12 - "I receive it by revelation from Jesus Christ." Paul became blind so that he could stop persecuting Christians and see what he was missing, the first hand experience of receiving wisdom directly from God and revealing His very Son to him, that Paul might spread among the Gentiles the good tidings concerning Jesus.
We, too, need a personal revelation from God...a one-on-one encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ who can bring us and eventually our whole family to salvation and an everlasting life in heaven.
II. BY THE GRACE OF GOD
v.15 "But when God who set me apart from birth and called me by His grace was pleased."
Paul received God's grace during a time when he did not even merited God's favor. In verse 13, it says, "You have heard, I know, the story of my former way of life in Judaism. You know that I went to extremes in persecuting the chuch of God and tried to destroy it."
Romans 3:23 All men have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Why did Jesus come to die on the cross? John 3:3 "I solemnly assure you, no one can see the reign of God unless he is begotten from above." v.5 "I solemnly assure you, no one can enter into God's kingdom without being begotten of water and Spirit. v.6 Flesh begets flesh, Spirit begets spirit. v.7 Do not be surprised that I tell you you must all be begotten from above. v.8 The wind blows where it will. You hear the sound it makes but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes. So it is with everyone begotten of the Spirit.
No one can boast that he received grace from God thru his works because the grace is a gift to those who believe and accepted Jesus as Lord & Saviour. John 1:12 Any who did accept him he empowered to become children of God.
John 3:16 Yes, God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him may not die but may have eternal life. v.18 Whoever believes in him avoids condemnation, but whoever does not believe is already condemned for not believing in the name of God's only Son.
III. BY THE CHANGED LIFE
V.23 "They only heard the report. The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."
Do people around you know that you are a Christian? Can they see it in the way you do your job? Or in the way you speak? How about in the way you dress? Are your decisions based on the Word of God? How many people have you turned down lately when they asked for help? Are you actively involve in the ministries of the Church?
We must change from within...reading the Word and following what we have read. People should see Christ in us because sometimes we are the only Bible that they will ever read.
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To Senior Citizens "60's and Up":
All are invited to the Agape Care Center for the Elderly Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm at Alpha House, 261 E. Topacio St., Imus, Cavite 4103 Tel. No. 471 3834.
Isaiah 46:4 "Even to your old age I am the same, even when your hair is grey I will bear you; It is I who have done this, I who will continue and I who will carry you to safety."
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