"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the world" (Acts 1:8).
Before Jesus' ascension he revealed to his disciple that the prime directive for why they were being left on the earth was to "be witnesses" unto Him by the power of the Spirit. While I was meditating on Jesus' words, "and ye shall be witnesses," a couple of Jehovah witnesses rang my door bell. I admire the courage that a J. W. has to go door to door. But is that what Jesus meant when he said, "ye shall be witnesses unto me?" Notice that Jesus didn't say, "and ye shall "do" witnessing, he said, "and ye shall "be" witnesses. A witness is not simply something a Christian is suppose to do, its who they are suppose to be. Do you realize that most unsaved people do not come to believe in Jesus unto they first come to believe in a follower of Jesus? What is your life saying about Jesus? "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16).
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