What are testimonies? Testimonies aren't just nice praise reports we give in Church, they are our statements of witness, testaments of validation to the truths of God! The purpose of testimonies is to prove God's fidelity in his keeping covenants! Testimonies help validate the truth that God kept his part!
How to give a testimony!
Deuteronomy 26:1-10 gives tremendous insights on how to give our testimonies. Never mind that's in the Old covenant, it has it's parallel in the New! Here, the children of Israel were stipulated to bring an offering to God, when they had entered the Promised Land to TESTIFY that God kept his Word, having brought them in! They were to offer bullocks, calves and rams thanking God and making statements of validation of God's forthrightness! In the New testament, we have entered into the place of promise, the rest of Christ! He has made us righteous, holy, blameless and above reproach! We are to testify both privately and publicly! How? Not with the bulls of the old covenant but with the 'Calves' of our lips! Our Confessions are what he requires as our testimonies- Hebrews 13:15! When we declare who we are in him, we give testimony to his truth! When I declare I am righteous, it's my witness that he accomplished everything he promised in Christ! The Scriptures teach that the righteousness of God is manifested in his making us righteous! Romans 3:24-26 teaches that our righteousness declares God's righteousness! Give Testimonies of how he has blessed you with all Spiritual blessings, that's the testimony God looks out for! #Thanksgiving #GreaterGlory
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