THE NEED OF TESTIMONY.<\/p>\n
"Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee" (Mar_5:19).<\/p>\n
Note concerning this Testimony-<\/p>\n
1. Where is it to begin? "Go home to thy friends." The first disciples were commanded to begin at Jerusalem (Joh_1:40-42).<\/p>\n
2. Who are to give it? "Those for whom the Lord has done great things." Personal experience must come before witness-bearing. This was David’s order (Psa_51:12-13; Psa_66:16).<\/p>\n
3. What is the nature of it? The great things which the Lord had done for him implied many things. There was a deliverance from-<\/p>\n
1. Self. "No man could tame him" (Mar_5:4). But Jesus did. He is able to subdue the most stubborn will.<\/p>\n
2. The Devil (Mar_5:15). "And such were some of you; but ye are washed, sanctified, and justified in Name of the Lord Jesus" (1Co_6:11).<\/p>\n
3. Insanity. "He was clothed and in his right mind" (Mar_5:15) The prodigal was first brought to himself before he came to his father (Luk_15:17) A Christless life is a life of madness. "They know not what they do."<\/p>\n
4. Death. "He dwelt among the tombs" (Mar_5:3). The spiritually dead prefer the company of the dead, they walk according to the course of this world.<\/p>\n
5. Suffering. "He was in the tombs cutting himself with stones." The life of unbelief is a life of self-destruction. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself. Every sin committed is a cut inflicted on the soul.<\/p>\n
6. Fear. When the Lord came near, he said, "What have I to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of God?" (Mar_5:7), but after his salvation he "prayed that he might be with Him" (Mar_5:18). The result of his testimony was that "All men did marvel" (Mar_5:20). Great and marvellous are Thy works, O Lord. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so" (Psa_107:2).<\/p>\n
Autor: James Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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