“Ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.” Isaiah 44:8
To witness is not to disseminate knowledge which everyone already has, but to point to truth that few are aware of. Because of conditions generally in the ancient world, God wanted within it a witness—a people and a land where things were different. Through them, he would bring the Good News of his justice and lovingkindness to all the nations of the earth.
Our commission is the same. Unclouded fellowship with God, faithful exhortation of one another, beautiful Christian lives, all are not enough. There must be witness. The Church is likened to a golden lampstand, not an ornament. Nor is it enough that it should be of gold: it must shed forth the light of God into every corner of this dark world.
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