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Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, 'I am not the Christ.'

They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"

He said, "I am not."

"Are you the Prophet?"

He answered, "No."

Finally, they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"

John 1:19-23


Earlier today, my friend Jon asked a good question. If the Bible is where we are supposed to find all the answers, what's the importance of testimonies? It seems like everyone if you're a Christian is supposed to have one. But why? Shouldn't we just focus on the Bible?


I thought that was a great question. Or questions.


Why are testimonies important? Then, it hit me...duh...oh yeah. The Bible IS a testimony. It's split up in two actually. Old TESTAMent and New TESTAMent. And inside those two big testimonies are scores and scores of little ones. When it comes to sharing the gospel, testimonies, in fact, is most of what God gives us. Aside from direct revelation, that is all we have!


However, it is important to add this caveat. All testimonies must be in accordance to Scripture. Testimonies that are incongruent with Scripture are False Testimonies. There is and there will always be only one gospel. How that gospel transforms us individually - well that is limited only by the number of those transformed. May it be us all. Amen.