Acts 10:41 KJV
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Jesus did not show Himself alive to all of the people, though He could have. Since He is not limited by time or space, as we are, He could have done as He did to Saul of Tarsus to every Jew. He chose not to do that. He chose instead to show himself to a select few who were then told to tell all the rest of the people.
We can apply that same principle to our lives today.
Christ has convicted us of our sins
Christ has saved our souls
Christ has showed Himself
Alive and
Personal and
Very interested in us.Our task now is to tell everyone else.
God is glorified in the process of witnessing. That poor men and women, who have come to the knowledge of Christ, would then extend themselves beyond themselves to show others what they have been shown pleases the Lord and brings Him honor. That our faith would be passed down to another, rather than that person simply being shown from heaven itself, brings God honor.
And bringing God honor is the purpose, not just winning souls. If soul winning was God's only purpose God could have done that on His own much more effectively than we could. No, God's purpose is that He would be honored and that happens when a sinner, who has been justified, passes on His experience to another sinner who is then justified and does the very same thing.
Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Jesus did not show Himself alive to all of the people, though He could have. Since He is not limited by time or space, as we are, He could have done as He did to Saul of Tarsus to every Jew. He chose not to do that. He chose instead to show himself to a select few who were then told to tell all the rest of the people.
We can apply that same principle to our lives today.
Christ has convicted us of our sins
Christ has saved our souls
Christ has showed Himself
Alive and
Personal and
Very interested in us.Our task now is to tell everyone else.
God is glorified in the process of witnessing. That poor men and women, who have come to the knowledge of Christ, would then extend themselves beyond themselves to show others what they have been shown pleases the Lord and brings Him honor. That our faith would be passed down to another, rather than that person simply being shown from heaven itself, brings God honor.
And bringing God honor is the purpose, not just winning souls. If soul winning was God's only purpose God could have done that on His own much more effectively than we could. No, God's purpose is that He would be honored and that happens when a sinner, who has been justified, passes on His experience to another sinner who is then justified and does the very same thing.
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