Conference of Witnesses for The Greatest Commandment… by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. ~Isiah 43:9-10 KJB
Will your community miss the church you attend if it disappears today? Will the community even know that the doors closed and the building was torn down?
“Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” ~Matthew 22:36-39 KJB
Revival is in the air. The saints are coming out of the shadows and moving in His spirit, in His love and spreading His Light throughout the world. The difference is, these are not “missionaries” these are witnesses. These are people that have been walked out of the fire, protected from the flames and been touched by the Holy Spirit to share their testimony of God’s grace, mercy, power and love. His love is above all and the witness has experience with this great love. When do we begin to witness to others, starting right here?
Isiah, 740 years before Christ, named us “witnesses” not missionaries, not pastors, priest, elders or any other title. We are witnesses? What do we witness – what have we seen, what have we experienced in our own life? What are these former things we are to share?
– people from around the community that have been saved from trials and tribulation
– people from around the community that desire to be saved from their wretched life – baptism
– church leaders from a variety of churches that address the community, on the topic of The Greatest Commandment and to spread that message – right where they stand, in order to reach the world.
– worship leaders to lift the spirits in praise and worship before, during and after the testimony of witnesses and church leaders
Testimony of a witness ties directly to a church leaders teachings on scripture.
For example – prostitution – message from church leader ties directly to what the witnesses testimony portrays.
As the Apostle Paul teaches us …
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. ~1 Corinthians 7:17-24 KJB
Either the Gospel is the divine Word of God teaching us how to live and how to be a reflection of Him, or it’s nothing more than a historical account of events.
