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October 10
Thursday


BEING A
WITNESS

READ:
Acts 1:1-9
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You shall receive
power when the
Holy Spirit has come
upon you; and you
shall be witnesses
to Me. __Acts. _Acts 1:8
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When I was a teen, I witnessed an auto accident. It was a shocking experience that was compounded by what followed. As the only witness to the incident, I spent the ensuing months telling a series of lawyers and insurance adjustors what I had seen. I was not expected to explain the physics of the wreck or the details of the medical trauma. I was asked to tell only what I had witnessed.

As followers of Christ, we are called to be witnesses of what Jesus has done in us and for us. to point people to Christ, we don't need to be able to explain every theological issue or answer every question. What we must do is explain what we have witnessed in our own lives through the cross and the resurrection of the Savior. Even better is that we don't have to rely on ourselves alone to do this. Jesus said, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8).

As we rely on the Spirit's power, we can point a hurting world to the redeeming Christ. With His help, we can witness to the life-changing power of His presence in our lives!
__Bill Crowder

I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love,
I love to tell the story, because I know 'tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do. __Hankey
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Our testimony is the witness of
what God has done for us.

************************Today's Bible Reading __ Acts 1:1-9**************************

1 The former account I
made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do
and teach, 2 until the day in
which He was taken up,
after He through the Holy
Spirit had given
commandments to the
apostles whom He had
chosen, 3 to whom He also
presented Himself alive after
His suffering by many
infallible proofs, being seen
by them during forty days
and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom
of God.

8 And being assembled
together with them, He
commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but
to wait for the Promise of
the Father, "which," He said,
"you have heard from Me;
5 for John truly baptized
with water, but you shall be
baptized with the Holy
Spirit not many days from
now." 6 Therefore, when
they had come together, they
asked Him, saing, "Lord,
will You at this time restore
the kingdom to Israel?"

7 And He said to them, "It is
not for you to know times or
seasons which the Father
has put in His own authority.

8 But you shall receive
power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you
shall be witnesses to Me in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaaria, and to the end
of the earth."

9 Now when He had
spoken these things, while
they watched, He was taken
up, and a cloud received
Him out of their sight.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Instead of giving the disciples the information they were seeking
about the end times (Acts 1:6), Jesus directed them to the provision
He was sending__the Holy Spirit and His mission of witness (v.8).
The Spirit keeps believers until that day when Jesus returns and
establishes His kingdom (Eph. 1:12-14).