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Witnessing for Jesus Christ, i.e. sharing the message of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world, has a biblical foundation and a protocol for what must proceed our witnessing and what should be an active part of our witnessing. I believe the Lord wants me to talk on that today.
Our Personal Relationships with Jesus Christ
If we are going to share the gospel of our salvation, the gospel of Christ, with the people of the world, we must first of all, by faith in Jesus Christ, have died with Christ to sin, and we must now be walking in obedience to his commands in holy living, by his Spirit. For the gospel message that the Scriptures teach us say that to be of genuine faith in the Lord, and to be in fellowship with God, and to know God, we must die to sin and now obey him and his commandments, in practice, and sin must no longer be our practice. For if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we don’t know God.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
We Must Be Sharing the Biblical Gospel Message
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who is God, left his throne in heaven, came to earth, was born as a baby to a human mother, and lived on this earth as both fully God and fully human (God incarnate). While on the earth he performed all kinds of miracles and he preached death to sin and walks of obedience to him as necessary components of faith which saves. For he died on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that we will die to sin and now live for him in walks of obedience to his commands.
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 17:25; John 1:1-36; John 6:35-58; John 8:24,58; John 10:27-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]
By God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience is what we obey, it results in sanctification and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
We Must Be Active Parts of the Biblical Body of Christ
According to the Scriptures, the church is the biblical body of Christ made up of us who have trusted in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, who have died with him to sin, and who are now living to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands. We are the church! The church is not a building, and it is not a human-based business incorporated under (partnered and combined with) the state, and it is not a church denomination. It is us, the people of God, who love and serve God.
And yet, it appears that the vast majority of what is called “church” here in America is incorporated under the state, and is being marketed to the world just like any other business. And so many have now altered the character of God, of his church, and of his gospel in order to make them more attractive and more acceptable and less offensive to the ungodly and to human flesh. And they are being run like businesses, relying heavily on marketing schemes and tricks and business models for how to “grow their churches.”
But the Scriptures teach that we are to not partner with the ungodly and that we are not to make his temple (our bodies, the church) into a marketplace, i.e. a place of business. But we are to be ministers to one another in encouraging (exhorting, urging) one another to live holy lives, pleasing to God, to no longer walk in sin, and to not be deceived by people in their cunning and craftiness and end up following after lies and not the truth. We are to help one another to follow the Lord in obedience.
[Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; Galatians 6:1; James 5:19-20; Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Acts 5:27-32; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2-3; Revelation 18:1-5]
In Summary
So, if we are going to be those who are sharing the message of the gospel of Christ with the ungodly of the world, and with the adulterous and idolatrous church, too, then we need to make certain that we are sharing the biblical gospel message that Jesus taught, and that his New Testament apostles taught, in their biblical context. And we need to be those who are living the gospel message in our everyday lives, for the glory of God, and so we are not trying to share with others what we are not living ourselves.
And we need to be actively engaged with the biblical body of Christ in ministering to one another for our mutual encouragement, not only for our own walks of faith in obedience to the Lord, but to give encouragement and support to one another and to pray for one another as we do go out into the world with the message of the gospel. And in all that we are, and in all that we do for God, it must be in agreement with the teachings of Christ and of his apostles and not according to human philosophy and worldly thinking.
And we must be those who, in sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation, share with the people to whom we are witnessing, not only what a walk of faith in Jesus Christ should look like, but how by faith in Jesus Christ we now become part of his biblical body, the church, the people of God (not the institutions of the flesh), and how we are now to be ministers to one another within the biblical body of Christ for our mutual encouragement and for our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord.
Fit for Service
An Original Work / October 5, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Holy Spirit, come within us.
Cleanse our hearts,
and from sin free us.
Make us holy vessels fit
for service to the King.
Fill us with Your love and power.
Anoint us within this hour
To be living witnesses
For Jesus Christ, our King.
Our praise to Him bring.
Father God, our heart’s desire,
Come and speak to us in power.
Revive our hearts to obey You;
Live for You always.
May we love and serve You only,
Walking with You;
Not a phony.
May we always tell the truth,
And show integrity.
Your true servants be.
Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.
Purify our hearts within us;
Be transformed into Your likeness,
Holy unto You.
May we always listen to You
Speaking Your words
Now within us.
May we heed Your counsel to us;
Follow You today.
Do all that You say.
Biblical Foundation for Witnessing
An Original Work / May 9, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Our Personal Relationships with Jesus Christ
If we are going to share the gospel of our salvation, the gospel of Christ, with the people of the world, we must first of all, by faith in Jesus Christ, have died with Christ to sin, and we must now be walking in obedience to his commands in holy living, by his Spirit. For the gospel message that the Scriptures teach us say that to be of genuine faith in the Lord, and to be in fellowship with God, and to know God, we must die to sin and now obey him and his commandments, in practice, and sin must no longer be our practice. For if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we don’t know God.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
We Must Be Sharing the Biblical Gospel Message
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who is God, left his throne in heaven, came to earth, was born as a baby to a human mother, and lived on this earth as both fully God and fully human (God incarnate). While on the earth he performed all kinds of miracles and he preached death to sin and walks of obedience to him as necessary components of faith which saves. For he died on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that we will die to sin and now live for him in walks of obedience to his commands.
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 17:25; John 1:1-36; John 6:35-58; John 8:24,58; John 10:27-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]
By God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience is what we obey, it results in sanctification and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
We Must Be Active Parts of the Biblical Body of Christ
According to the Scriptures, the church is the biblical body of Christ made up of us who have trusted in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, who have died with him to sin, and who are now living to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands. We are the church! The church is not a building, and it is not a human-based business incorporated under (partnered and combined with) the state, and it is not a church denomination. It is us, the people of God, who love and serve God.
And yet, it appears that the vast majority of what is called “church” here in America is incorporated under the state, and is being marketed to the world just like any other business. And so many have now altered the character of God, of his church, and of his gospel in order to make them more attractive and more acceptable and less offensive to the ungodly and to human flesh. And they are being run like businesses, relying heavily on marketing schemes and tricks and business models for how to “grow their churches.”
But the Scriptures teach that we are to not partner with the ungodly and that we are not to make his temple (our bodies, the church) into a marketplace, i.e. a place of business. But we are to be ministers to one another in encouraging (exhorting, urging) one another to live holy lives, pleasing to God, to no longer walk in sin, and to not be deceived by people in their cunning and craftiness and end up following after lies and not the truth. We are to help one another to follow the Lord in obedience.
[Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; Galatians 6:1; James 5:19-20; Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Acts 5:27-32; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2-3; Revelation 18:1-5]
In Summary
So, if we are going to be those who are sharing the message of the gospel of Christ with the ungodly of the world, and with the adulterous and idolatrous church, too, then we need to make certain that we are sharing the biblical gospel message that Jesus taught, and that his New Testament apostles taught, in their biblical context. And we need to be those who are living the gospel message in our everyday lives, for the glory of God, and so we are not trying to share with others what we are not living ourselves.
And we need to be actively engaged with the biblical body of Christ in ministering to one another for our mutual encouragement, not only for our own walks of faith in obedience to the Lord, but to give encouragement and support to one another and to pray for one another as we do go out into the world with the message of the gospel. And in all that we are, and in all that we do for God, it must be in agreement with the teachings of Christ and of his apostles and not according to human philosophy and worldly thinking.
And we must be those who, in sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation, share with the people to whom we are witnessing, not only what a walk of faith in Jesus Christ should look like, but how by faith in Jesus Christ we now become part of his biblical body, the church, the people of God (not the institutions of the flesh), and how we are now to be ministers to one another within the biblical body of Christ for our mutual encouragement and for our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord.
Fit for Service
An Original Work / October 5, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Holy Spirit, come within us.
Cleanse our hearts,
and from sin free us.
Make us holy vessels fit
for service to the King.
Fill us with Your love and power.
Anoint us within this hour
To be living witnesses
For Jesus Christ, our King.
Our praise to Him bring.
Father God, our heart’s desire,
Come and speak to us in power.
Revive our hearts to obey You;
Live for You always.
May we love and serve You only,
Walking with You;
Not a phony.
May we always tell the truth,
And show integrity.
Your true servants be.
Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.
Purify our hearts within us;
Be transformed into Your likeness,
Holy unto You.
May we always listen to You
Speaking Your words
Now within us.
May we heed Your counsel to us;
Follow You today.
Do all that You say.
Biblical Foundation for Witnessing
An Original Work / May 9, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
