You are witnesses of these...
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"You are witnesses of these things." What does this mean?
We couldn't possibly be eyewitnesses to the good news of resurrection. How could we? We weren't there!
No, Jesus Christ needs us to engage in a different sort of witnessing. Our Lord needs us to be character witnesses.
If defense attorneys are angling to undermine the prosecutor's argument, they are likely to call one or more character witnesses: people who know the defendant, who are willing to vouch for that person, to observe how unlikely it is that their esteemed friend or colleague would ever commit a crime.
That's the kind of witnesses Christians are called to be for Christ: character witnesses. We can't tell firsthand stories about the resurrection -- other than the timeworn, smooth-as-a-piece-of-beach-glass stories that have been passed on across the generations. Yet, we can witness to a personal Christ, a living Lord whom we know, one who has touched our lives and made a difference.
We couldn't possibly be eyewitnesses to the good news of resurrection. How could we? We weren't there!
No, Jesus Christ needs us to engage in a different sort of witnessing. Our Lord needs us to be character witnesses.
If defense attorneys are angling to undermine the prosecutor's argument, they are likely to call one or more character witnesses: people who know the defendant, who are willing to vouch for that person, to observe how unlikely it is that their esteemed friend or colleague would ever commit a crime.
That's the kind of witnesses Christians are called to be for Christ: character witnesses. We can't tell firsthand stories about the resurrection -- other than the timeworn, smooth-as-a-piece-of-beach-glass stories that have been passed on across the generations. Yet, we can witness to a personal Christ, a living Lord whom we know, one who has touched our lives and made a difference.
