misused bible words #3
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Misused Bible Words #3. 1 Peter 4:11 “Speak as the oracles of God”. “Witnessing” / “Testifying”. Is this how the gospel of Christ is taught to the world today?. “Witnessing” / “Testifying”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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1 Peter 4:11“Speak as the oracles of God”
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Is this how the gospel of Christ is Is this how the gospel of Christ is taught to the world today?taught to the world today?
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JESUS TO THE APOSTLES, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; & you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, & in all Judea & Samaria, & to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
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The Greek word is martus
English: one who bears witness by his death. One who is willing to die for what he believes to be true.
Greek (the work Jesus used): denotes one who declares what he has seen or heard or knows (Vine’s).
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The Greek word is martus
God – Rom 1:9; 2 Cor 1:23; Phil 1:8; 1 Thess 2:5,10
Christ – Rev 1:5; 3:14
1st cent. saints who died for the faith – Acts 22:20; Rev 2:13; 17:6; cf. 11:3
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“If Stephen & Antipas were ‘witnesses’ – why can’t we be…?
1. Both saw the apostles perform miracles.
Possessed a miraculous gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6:5, 8) – from an apostle.
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“If Stephen & Antipas were ‘witnesses’ – why can’t we be…?
2. Both gave their lives for their eye-witness testimony.
In that way, they were like the apostles .
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The Apostles were the “witnesses” Jesus identified (Acts 1:8)
Accompanied Jesus before & after His resurrection (Acts 1:21-22).
Chosen before by God (Acts 10:40-42).
Peter stated, “we are witnesses…” (Acts 2:32; 3:15; 10:39) – the apostles!
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Today, Jesus commands “preaching” to communicate His gospel (1 Cor 1:21).
We “declare” the gospel, we do not “witness for Christ” (1 Cor 15:1).
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Modern day so-called “witnessing” focuses on human experience.
Preaching or Declaring the gospel focuses on the authority of God.
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“We do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, & ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.”
(2 Cor 4:5)
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Make sure your choice of words suggest the meaning God intended.
fellowship, ministry, grace, saint miracle witness/testify.