"Witnesses"
As I write this today, the whole world is watching a trial in Washington DC. TV channels keep talking about the lawyers' "demands for witnesses".
Courts constantly look for witnesses. Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of times. Not only during this Impeachment Trial, which is happening right now. It's true in every legal case, in those involving family law, fraud, theft, rape, burglaries, murder and every other crime a person can imagine.
We heard this call for faithful witnesses, not just today, but as long as anyone can remember. Every court of law depends on authentic witnesses presenting truthful evidence. It's expected that a witness will not change the truth or exaggerate. In a jury trial, the 12 men and women evaluate the veracity of the words given by witnesses. That means that a person choose his or her words carefully.
I go back 2,000 years to the last words of Jesus Christ. He said, "Don't concern yourselves about times or dates my Father has set by his authority. You will receive power when the the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my WITNESSES ..." (Acts 1:7,8)
Think about it! The last words of Jesus. "You will be MY witnesses."
What kind of a witness am I for him? Have I been found to be a faithful, or unfaithful witness?
As I write this today, the whole world is watching a trial in Washington DC. TV channels keep talking about the lawyers' "demands for witnesses".
Courts constantly look for witnesses. Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of times. Not only during this Impeachment Trial, which is happening right now. It's true in every legal case, in those involving family law, fraud, theft, rape, burglaries, murder and every other crime a person can imagine.
We heard this call for faithful witnesses, not just today, but as long as anyone can remember. Every court of law depends on authentic witnesses presenting truthful evidence. It's expected that a witness will not change the truth or exaggerate. In a jury trial, the 12 men and women evaluate the veracity of the words given by witnesses. That means that a person choose his or her words carefully.
I go back 2,000 years to the last words of Jesus Christ. He said, "Don't concern yourselves about times or dates my Father has set by his authority. You will receive power when the the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my WITNESSES ..." (Acts 1:7,8)
Think about it! The last words of Jesus. "You will be MY witnesses."
What kind of a witness am I for him? Have I been found to be a faithful, or unfaithful witness?
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