Receiving God's Testimony

1 COLD-CASE HOMICIDE DETECTIVE, J. WARNER WALLACE • CALLED HIMSELF A HARDCORE ATHEIST • HE BELIEVED THE TRUTH WAS ALWAYS TIED TO EVIDENCE • BUT AT THE AGE OF THIRTY-FIVE, • HE TOOK A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY • AND BECAME A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. • I AM NOT A BELIEVER TODAY BECAUSE I WAS RAISED BY BELIEVERS—I WASN'T. • I AM NOT A BELIEVER BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF HELL • I AM NOT A BELIEVER BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FILL A "VOID" OR SATISFY A "NEED • I BELIEVE GOD EXISTS BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE LEAVES ME NO REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE. • JURIES EVALUATE EVIDENCE IN CASES EVERY DAY ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, • AND THEY ARE ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION EVEN THOUGH • THEY DON'T HAVE EVERY QUESTION ANSWERED • OR EVERY POSSIBLE DETAIL EXPLAINED. • WHEN THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE POINTS TO A REASONABLE CONCLUSION, • JURIES MAKE A DECISION • WHEN IT COMES TO THE CASE FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE, • THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE (PAUSE) • AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GOSPEL • IS THE EVIDENCE, OR THE TESTIMONY, ABOUT CHRIST • BUT, BEFORE THIS TESTIMONY THIS EVIDENCE • CAN AFFECT WHAT WE BELIEVE OR HOW WE LIVE • WE HAVE TO RECEIVE, OR ACCEPT THIS TESTIMONY • GOD HAS TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST • GOD TESTIFIED THROUGH THE PROPHESIES THAT CHRIST FULFILLED • GOD TESTIFIED THROUGH THE MIRACLES THAT CHRIST PREFORMED • GOD TESTIFIED THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST • GOD CONTINUES TO TESTIFY THROUGH THE LIVES OF CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD • I NEED TO RECEIVE THIS TESTIMONY OF GOD • THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST THE SAVOIR OF THE WORLD • WHO CAME AND DIED TO PAY FOR OUR SINS…. • WE ALL NEED TO KNOW GOD’S TESTIMONY ABOUT CHRIST • MAYBE THERE IS SOME PART OF GOD’S TESTIMONY ABOUT CHRIST • THAT CAN HELP YOU TO WALK CLOSER TO GOD….. • TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK JOHN TELLING HIS READERS • ABOUT GOD’S TESTIMONY AND OUR NEED TO RECEIVE IT • TURN TO 1 JOHN 5:9 • JOHN HAD JUST TOLD THEM THAT ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST • IS A CHILD OF GOD • AND WE ARE CALLED TO LOVE, SERVE, CARE FOR ALL OF GOD’S CHILDREN. • HE TOLD THEM WE CAN KNOW WE LOVE GOD’S CHILDREN • WHEN WE KEEP GOD’S COMMANDS • HE TOLD THEM WE CAN KEEP GOD’S COMMANDS BECAUSE • WE HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD THROUGH OUR FAITH IN CHRIST • HE WILL NOW TELL THEM ABOUT GOD’S TESTIMONY CONCERNING JESUS 1 JOHN 5:9 IF WE RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF MEN, THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IS GREATER; FOR THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IS THIS, THAT HE HAS TESTIFIED CONCERNING HIS SON. GOD’S TESTIMONY IS GREATER • WE ACCEPT THE TESTIMONY OF PEOPLE ALL THE TIME • WHEN WE ASK FOR DIRECTIONS AND WE LISTEN TO THEM • WHEN SOMEONE SUGGESTS A PLACE TO EAT AND WE GO THERE • WHEN PEOPLE TELL US SOMETHING AND WE ACT ON WHAT THEY HAVE SAID • WE HAVE RECEIVED OR ACCEPTED THEIR TESTIMONY • WE DO THIS WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME • JOHN SAYS • IF WE RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF MEN, THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IS GREATER; • JOHN IS ARGUING THAT SINCE WE DO IN FACT RECEIVE • THE TESTIMONY OF MEN • WE SHOULD RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF GOD (PAUSE) • BECAUSE GOD IS GREATER THAN MEN HIS TESTIMONY • IS MORE IMPORTANT, MORE RELIABLE, MORE TRUSTWORTHY • AND GOD IS NOT JUST A LITTLE GREATER THAN MAN • HE IS VASTLY GREATER THAN MAN THE DAY AFTER THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF SAN FRANCISCO OF 1906, • A NEWSBOY WAS SHOWING A DAZED MAN THE WAY THROUGH RUBBLE, • AND, AS THEY WALKED, THE BOY OBSERVED: • 'IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO PUT ALL THIS STUFF UP, • BUT GOD TUMBLED IT OVER IN A MINUTE. • SAY, MISTER, 'TAIN'T NO USE FOR A FELLER TO THINK HE CAN LICK GOD….. • BECAUSE HE IS ALL KNOWING, ALL LOVING, ALL POWERFUL, ALL PRESENT • GOD’S TESTIMONY IS VASTLY GREATER THAN THE TESTIMONY OF MEN • IF WE RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF MEN WE SHOULD CERTAINLY • RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF GOD… AND GOD HAS TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST • JOHN HAD JUST TOLD THEM THAT JESUS CHRIST • WAS THE ONE WHO CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD • AND THAT THE SPIRIT WHO IS TRUTH • HAD TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST • NOW JOHN WRITES • FOR THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IS THIS, THAT HE HAS TESTIFIED CONCERNING HIS SON. • THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS GOD TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST • AND JOHN COULD CERTAINLY MEAN ANY OF THEM • BUT SINCE JOHN WAS ACTUALLY PRESENT AT • A MOMENT WHEN GOD VERBALLY TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST • JOHN MAY BE TALKING ABOUT MATTHEW 17:5 WHILE HE WAS STILL SPEAKING, A BRIGHT CLOUD OVERSHADOWED THEM, AND BEHOLD, A VOICE OUT OF THE CLOUD SAID, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, WITH WHOM I AM WELL-PLEASED; LISTEN TO HIM!” • JOHN WAS STANDING THERE WITH PETER AND JAMES • AND HEARD GOD SPEAK THESE WORDS • GOD, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE HAD SAID THESE THINGS • GOD, WHO IS HOLY AND CANNOT LIE HAD SAID THESE THINGS • GOD, WHO IS ALL KNOWING, HAD SAID THESE THINGS • WHY WOULD ANYONE TRUST THE TESTIMONY OF A MAN • OVER THE TESTIMONY OF GOD? (PAUSE) • REMEMBER, JOHN IS WRITING THIS LETTER TO REFUTE FALSE TEACHERS • THE TESTIMONY OF THESE FALSE TEACHERS • WAS THAT JESUS WAS NOT THE SON OF GOD • SOME CLAIMED HE WAS JUST A MAN WHOM THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME ON • SOME SAID HE WAS NOT REALLY A MAN HE JUST APPEARED TO BE A MAN • SOME SAID HE WAS A PROPHET • THAT WAS THE TESTIMONY OF MEN • BUT GOD’S TESTIMONY WAS • “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, WITH WHOM I AM WELL-PLEASED; LISTEN TO HIM!” • JOHN IS URGING THEM TO RECEIVE, ACCEPT • GOD’S TESTIMONY ABOUT CHRIST • NOT RECEIVING GOD’S TESTIMONY IS KINDA LIKE • WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND YOU WERE PERFECTLY WILLING • TO TRUST ANY CRAZY THING YOUR FRIENDS TOLD YOU • BUT YOU TOTALLY REJECTED EVERYTHING YOUR PARENTS SAID • THE GAP BETWEEN GOD AND MAN IS FAR GREATER THAN • THE GAP BETWEEN CHILD AND PARENT • IF YOU ARE WILLING TO RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF • MEN, WHO ARE NOT ALL KNOWING, NOT ALL LOVING, NOT ALL PRESENT • YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY ACCEPT GOD’S TESTIMONY….. • TODAY WE HAVE ALL KINDA PEOPLE • TESTIFYING ABOUT JESUS • THAT HE NEVER LIVED, THAT HE LIED, • THAT HE PREFORMED NO MIRACLES • THAT HE DID NOT DIE ON THE CROSS HE JUST FAKED IT • THAT HE DID NOT RAISE FROM THE DEAD…. • WHOSE TESTIMONY WILL YOU RECEIVE • THE TESTIMONY OF MEN WHO CLAIM TO KNOW TRUTH • OR THE TESTIMONY OF GOD WHO IS…. TRUTH • WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHO’S TESTIMONY • WE RECEIVE, BECAUSE WHEN WE RECEIVE • A TESTIMONY IT WILL CHANGE HOW WE LIVE 1 JOHN 5:10 THE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON OF GOD HAS THE TESTIMONY IN HIMSELF; THE ONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE GOD HAS MADE HIM A LIAR, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE TESTIMONY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN CONCERNING HIS SON. GOD’S TESTIMONY SHOULD AFFECT YOUR LIFE • TO RECEIVE A TESTIMONY WE TRUST IT, WE BELIEVE IT, WE HAVE FAITH IN IT • JOHN SAYS; THE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON OF GOD HAS THE TESTIMONY IN HIMSELF; • WHEN WE BELIEVE IN THE SON OF GOD, • WE HAVE RECEIVED GOD’S TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS CHRIST • AND JOHN SAYS WE NOW HAVE THIS TESTIMONY IN US • OUR FAITH, OUR BELIEF IS AN AFFIRMATION OF GOD’S TESTIMONY • WHEN WE WALK WITH CHRIST OUR FAITH IS DISPLAYED • WHEN WE LOVE OTHERS, CARE FOR THEM SERVE OTHERS • OUR FAITH IS DISPLAYED AND THIS AFFIRMS GOD’S TESTIMONY ABOUT CHRIST • WHEN WE KNOW OUR ETERNAL DESTINY IS SECURE • WHEN WE LIVE LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HEAVEN • WE ARE DISPLAYING THE TRUTH OF GOD’S TESTIMONY TO THE WORLD A YOUNG BOY ASKED HIS GRAND FATHER TO EXPLAIN THE GRACE OF JESUS. • THE GRAND FATHER TOOK A PILE OF LEAVES AND AN EARTH WORM. • HE LAID THE WORM IN THE LEAVES AND SET THE LEAVES ON FIRE— • AT THE LAST MINUTE HE LIFTED IT OUT AND SAID, • “THAT IS THE WAY JESUS SAVED ME!” • KNOWING THAT JESUS SAVED YOU IS PART OF GOD’S TESTIMONY IN US • BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IN US… • EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO HAS RECEIVED GOD’S TESTIMONY • HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLING HIM • AND JOHN HAD JUST SAID THAT THE SPIRIT TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST • AND THAT TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT IS IN US • WHEN WE YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, LET HIM GUIDE AND DIRECT US • WHEN WE ALLOW HIM TO CONVICT US OF OUR SINS • WE ARE LEANING ON, TRUSTING IN THAT WITNESS OF GOD THAT IS IN US • BUT, WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO NEVER RECEIVED GOD’S TESTIMONY • WHAT ABOUT WHEN GOD’S TESTIMONY IS REJECTED • THE ONE WHO RECEIVES GOD’S TESTIMONY • HAS THE TESTIMONY IN HIMSELF, BUT • THE ONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE GOD HAS MADE HIM A LIAR, • THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND HERE • IT IS NOT LIKE YOU CAN SLIGHTLY REJECT JUST PART OF GOD’S TESTIMONY • AND HAVE A TINY BIT OF ETERNAL LIFE. • YOU EITHER RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY, TRUST IN CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR • AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE • OR YOU REJECT IT AND YOU HAVE CALLED GOD A LIAR • BUT SOMEONE MIGHT SAY “HOW DID I CALL GOD A LIAR” • WELL JOHN SAY HE CALLED GOD A LIAR • BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE TESTIMONY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN CONCERNING HIS SON. • GOD HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHO JESUS CHRIST IS • GOD FILLED THE OLD TESTAMENT WITH PROPHESIES • ABOUT HIS BIRTH, HIS LIFE AND HIS DEATH • GOD FILLED THE GOSPELS WITH THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST • WHICH ATTESTED TO WHO CHRIST WAS • GOD FILLS THE WORLD WITH THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIANS • WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO HELP OTHERS, VAST CHRISTIAN CHARITIES • MISSIONARIES, FOLKS DIGGING WATER WELLS, • SENDING MEDICAL TEAMS ALL OVER THE WORLD…. • TO REJECT GOD’S TESTIMONY ABOUT CHRIST • IS TO SAY THAT GOD LIED IN ALL THOSE THINGS • TO REJECT THE TESTIMONY IS TO DENY THE TRUTHFULNESS OF GOD • AND YET OUR WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE DOING JUST THIS • THE MOMENT I TRUST SOME SELFHELP BOOK • ABOUT HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE WHEN IT CONTRADICTS THE BIBLE • I HAVE CALLED GOD A LIAR AND SOME HUMAN HAS REPLACED GOD • THE POINT AT WHICH SOMEONE CHANGES THEIR PLANS FOR THE DAY • BASED ON THEIR HOROSCOPE THEY HAVE CALLED GOD A LIAR • WHEN WE REDEFINE THE MOMENT LIFE BEGINS • TO SUIT A POLITICAL AGENDA, WE HAVE CALLED GOD A LIAR • AND POLITICS HAS REPLACED GOD • TRUSTING ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAT CONTRADICTS GOD IS CALLING GOD A LIAR…. • WE NEED TO TRUST, LEAN ON, DEPEND ON, HAVE FAITH IN • THE TESTIMONY OF GOD 1 JOHN 5:11–12 AND THE TESTIMONY IS THIS, THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS THE LIFE; HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SON OF GOD DOES NOT HAVE THE LIFE. GOD’S TESTIMONY IS THAT HE HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE • THE BIBLE IS FILLED WITH THE TESTIMONY OF GOD • ALL OF THIS TESTIMONY IS IMPORTANT • ALL OF THIS TESTIMONY IS USEFUL, HELPFUL IN LIFE • BUT THE SPECIFIC TESTIMONY OF GOD THAT JOHN POINTS US TO • IS VITAL, IT IS CRITICAL, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ONE • PIECE OF GOD’S TESTIMONY DETERMINES OUR ETERNAL DESTINY • JOHN STATES THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS TESTIMONY IS • THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. • THERE ARE TWO KEY THINGS BEING SAID HERE • ONE IS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE • WE CANNOT EARN ETERNAL LIFE • WE CANNOT GET ETERNAL LIFE ON OUR OWN • GOD HAS GIVEN IT TO US • PAUL MAKES THIS SAME CONCEPT CLEAR WHEN HE WRITES EPHESIANS 2:8–9 FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD; NOT AS A RESULT OF WORKS, SO THAT NO ONE MAY BOAST. • THE SECOND THING IN THIS TESTIMONY • IS THAT ETERNAL LIFE IS IN GOD’S SON, JESUS CHRIST • JESUS HIMSELF HAD TESTIFIED TO THIS WHEN HE SAID JOHN 14:6 JESUS SAID TO HIM, “I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE; NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME. • HOW WE RESPOND TO THESE TWO FACTS DECIDES WHERE WE SPEND ETERNITY • DO WE RECEIVE THIS TESTIMONY THAT GOD • HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST? • OR DO WE REJECT THIS TESTIMONY? (PAUSE) • BECAUSE GOD’S TESTIMONY DEFINES WHO YOU ARE • HOW WE RESPOND TO GOD’S TESTIMONY • NOT ONLY DEFINES YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY • IT DEFINES WHO YOU ARE IN THIS LIFE • IF YOU ACCEPT GOD’S TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS • THEN YOU WILL LIVE DIFFERENTLY IN THIS LIFE • JOHN SAYS; HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS THE LIFE; • DID YOU NOTICE HE DOES NOT SAY WILL HAVE THE LIFE • HE SAYS HAS THE LIFE, AS IN HAS IT NOW • IF WE HAVE THE LIFE NOW AND WE KNOW WE HAVE THE LIFE NOW • WE WILL LIVE LIKE WE HAVE THE LIFE. • WE WILL DO ALL THESE THINGS JOHN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT • WALK IN THE LIGHT, CONFESS OUR SINS • REPENT AND CHANGE HOW WE LIVE • UNCONDITIONALLY, SACRIFICIALLY CARE FOR AND SERVE ONE ANOTHER • ABIDE IN, WALK WITH, JESUS CHRIST • THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THE LIFE NOW WHEN NATIVE PEOPLE OF MADAGASCAR • WERE PRESENTED FOR BAPTISM, • IT WAS OFTEN ASKED OF THEM, • “WHAT FIRST LED YOU TO THINK OF BECOMING A CHRISTIAN?” • THE ANSWER WAS USUALLY THE CHANGE THEY SAW IN OTHERS • WHO HAD BECOME CHRISTIANS • “I KNEW THIS MAN TO BE A THIEF; THAT ONE WAS A DRUNKARD; • ANOTHER WAS VERY CRUEL AND UNKIND TO HIS FAMILY. • NOW THEY ARE ALL CHANGED. • THE THIEF IS AN HONEST MAN; THE DRUNKARD IS SOBER AND RESPECTABLE; • AND THE OTHER IS GENTLE AND KIND IN HIS HOME. • THEY WOULD SAY. • THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN A RELIGION THAT CAN WORK SUCH CHANGES.”….. • IF WE TRUST IN THE TESTIMONY OF GOD • IF WE RECEIVE GOD’S TESTIMONY • THAT HE HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST • WE WILL CHANGE, GROW, BE CONFORMED TO THE LIKENESS OF CHRIST • THIS IS WHY GOD’S TESTIMONY MUST BE PROCLAIMED • THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED GOD’S TESTIMONY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE • BUT JOHN SAYS HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SON OF GOD DOES NOT HAVE THE LIFE. • ANYONE WHO HAS NOT TRUSTED IN JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR • DOES NOT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE • MOST OF THE WORLD IS VERY OFFENDED BY THIS IDEA • EVEN MANY CHRISTIANS DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT • A POLL DONE BY BAYLOR UNIVERSITY FOUND THAT 69% OF • CHRISTIANS THAT REGULARLY ATTEND CHURCH THINK EVERYONE GOES TO HEAVEN • A SIMILAR POLL FOUND THAT 70% OF THOSE • WHO ATTEND CHURCH ONE OR MORE TIMES A MONTH • HAVE NEVER SHARED THEIR FAITH WITH A STRANGER • I THINK THESE TWO THINGS ARE RELATED • THE REASON MANY PEOPLE NEVER SHARE THEIR FAITH • IS BECAUSE THEY REJECT GOD’S TESTIMONY • THAT HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SON OF GOD DOES NOT HAVE THE LIFE. • WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT ONLY THOSE • WHO HAVE TRUSTED IN JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVOIR HAVE ETERNAL LIFE • WE WILL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE • THE ONE WHO WANTS TO BE POLITE • WHO DOES NOT WANT TO OFFENDED ANYONE • SO THEY KEEP THE GOOD NEWS TO THEM SELF • THEY WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ACTUALLY AT STAKE • AND WILL BE WILLING TO SPEAK GOD’S TRUTH • EVEN IF SOME WILL BE OFFENDED BY IT… LET’S SAY YOU ARE STANDING BESIDE SOMEONE AT A PICNIC WHO HAPPENS TO BE STANDING • IN A FIRE-ANT MOUNT THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TELLING A STORY • NOW IT WOULD BE RUDE TO INTERRUPT THEIR STORY • BUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE STANDING IN A FIRE-ANT MOUNT • CHANGES THE SITUATION, IT WOULD BE UTTERLY IMPOLITE TO NOT • POINT OUT THAT THEY ARE STANDING IN A FIRE-ANT MOUNT. • INTERRUPT THEM, POINT OUT THAT WHAT THEY ARE STANDING IN…. • KEEPING THE GOSPEL TO YOUR SELF • BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO OFFEND SOMEONE • IS MASSIVELY IMPOLITE, IT IS ACTUALLY STAGGERINGLY RUDE… • THEY ARE STANDING IN SOMETHING FAR WORSE THAN A FIRE-ANT MOUND • GOD HAS PROVIDED ONE WAY, ONE MEANS, FOR US TO • ENTER INTO AN ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM • FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR, THAT HE DIED ON THE CROSS • TO PAY FOR OUR SINS • WHEN WE KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE • WHEN WE RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF GOD • WE WILL TELL THE GOSPEL TO • ALL WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THIS TESTIMONY EVERY DAY WE ARE PRESENTED THE TESTIMONY OF MEN • EVERY TIME WE ACT ON WHAT SOMEONE HAS TOLD US • WE HAVE RECEIVED THE TESTIMONY OF MEN • IF WE RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF MEN • WE SHOULD CERTAINLY RECEIVE THE TESTIMONY OF GOD • GOD WHO IS NOT JUST GREATER THAN MEN • BUT, GOD WHO IS HOLY, RIGHTEOUS • GOD WHO IS ALL KNOWING, ALL LOVING, ALL PRESENT • GOD’S HAS TESTIFIED ABOUT JESUS CHRIST • GOD TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST IN THE PROPHECIES • THAT TOLD OF HIS BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION. • GOD HAS TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST THROUGH • THE MIRACLES CHRIST PREFORMED IN HIS LIFE • AND BY CHRIST’S RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION TO HEAVEN • GOD HAS TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST IN THE LIVES • OF CHRISTIANS FOR THE LAST 2000 YEARS • ANYONE WHO RECEIVES THIS TESTIMONY • AND PLACES THEIR FAITH AND TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST • HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE • ANYONE HOW HAS NOT RECEIVED THIS TESTIMONY • HAS CALLED GOD A LIAR AND DOES NOT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE • IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED THIS TESTIMONY • IN A MOMENT I AM GOING TO PRAY …… 95