Read: John 1:6–14
Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 7–9; John 1:1–28
[John] came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
During court proceedings, witnesses are more than onlookers or
spectators. They are active participants who help determine the outcome
of a case. The same is true of our witness for Christ. We are to be
active participants in a matter of absolute importance—the truth of
Jesus’s death and resurrection.
When John the Baptist came to tell people about Jesus, the light
of the world, he did so by declaring his knowledge of Jesus. And John
the disciple, who recorded the events, testified of his experience with
Jesus: “We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who
came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). The apostle
Paul would elaborate on this idea as he told young Timothy, “The things
you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to
reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others” (2 Tim.
2:2).
All Christians have been summoned before
the courtroom of the world. The Bible says we are not mere spectators
but active participants. We testify to the truth about Jesus’s death and
resurrection. John the Baptist was the voice of one calling in the
desert. Our voices can be heard in our workplace, neighborhood, church,
and among our family and friends. We can be active witnesses, telling
them about the reality of Jesus in our lives.
Do our actions enable us to witness for Jesus? In what creative ways might we witness today?
The gospel is too good not to share.
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