The Spirit of the risen Christ empowers witness about Him. Jesus was a living witness of of The Father. When the Spirit of Jesus indwells us, we too become living witness of The Father.
The book of Acts is called the Acts of the Apostles, The Book of Acts continues today, through the Acts of the believers. The implications for us today are inescapable.
Acts 1 verse 8: "But you will receive power when The Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Power not to lay dormant, Power to witness, in Word and Deed. We have power by the indwelling Spirit to be Witnesses of The Gospel {The Salvation Message}. The Spirit's presence leads us to share and spread the Gospel.
Our Lord and Our Friend is well aware that our witness, our testimony about salvation achieved by and through Faith in Him and He has given us His Spirit so that we may powerfully and lovingly keep witnessing for Him.
Our testimony is never about us it is always about, the God that loves us and gave Himself for us. We must let the Spirit of The Risen Christ empower our witness through actions, words and deeds.
The Book of Acts contains the last recorded words of Christ Jesus, and those words are a command to His followers to display and transmit the truth about Him to the world. Our Lord and Our Friend provides the Power to do that by sending The Holy Spirit to indwell in every believer.
The Power of the Holy Spirit is in us, and just like any Power source, is to be used for the purpose it is supplied for. The power of the Holy Spirit given to us, is to be His witnesses, in Actions, Words and deeds.
Let us take our rightful and expected commitment to the world around each one of our lives, that Our Lord and Our Friend has called us to, drawing on the Strength of The Holy Spirit as we testify about Him.
God Bless.
O F J
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