"THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST" `~ WE MAY NOT BE ASHAMED OF JESUS, BUT ARE WE ASHAMED OF HIS WORDS ? "Paul wrote to Timothy, "Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord . . . but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel . . ." (2 Timothy 1:8, emphasis added). It is the testimony of Jesus that causes "sufferings for the gospel." The apostle John was banished to the Isle of Patmos "for the testimony of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 1:9). Revelation also tells us that it is those who "have the testimony of Jesus Christ" who receive persecution in the last days (Revelation 12:17). What then does Scripture mean by the "testimony of our Lord"? What did Jesus testify? He specifically tells us in John 7:7: "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil" (emphasis added). He was hated because He testified against the sin of the world, and He preached about the reality of hell more than He did about heaven." (TAKEN FROM RAY COMFORT'S SIDE COLUMN FOR THIS MONTH) All who live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. The new testament writings of Paul declare this. We are to beware when all men speak well of us. We are living in days when Jesus has become merely a life enhencement addition to our lifestyle. We live like Lot did in Sodom. He sat at the gates of that city, saw the sin and yet did not reprove or speak out a testimony against it. He and his family had to eventually be dragged out of that place by angels before God rained down His Holy Judgement against sin. Let him who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity. Let us become indeed a peculiar people separated unto God, Holy like Him and zealous of good works, thus we will bear the testimony of Jesus Christ as we walk. selah.

"Paul wrote to Timothy, "Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord . . . but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel . . ." (2 Timothy 1:8, emphasis added). It is the testimony of Jesus that causes "sufferings for the gospel." The apostle John was banished to the Isle of Patmos "for the testimony of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 1:9). Revelation also tells us that it is those who "have the testimony of Jesus Christ" who receive persecution in the last days (Revelation 12:17). What then does Scripture mean by the "testimony of our Lord"? What did Jesus testify? He specifically tells us in John 7:7: "The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil" (emphasis added). He was hated because He testified against the sin of the world, and He preached about the reality of hell more than He did about heaven." (TAKEN FROM RAY COMFORT'S SIDE COLUMN FOR THIS MONTH) All who live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. The new testament writings of Paul declare this. We are to beware when all men speak well of us. We are living in days when Jesus has become merely a life enhencement addition to our lifestyle. We live like Lot did in Sodom. He sat at the gates of that city, saw the sin and yet did not reprove or speak out a testimony against it. He and his family had to eventually be dragged out of that place by angels before God rained down His Holy Judgement against sin. Let him who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity. Let us become indeed a peculiar people separated unto God, Holy like Him and zealous of good works, thus we will bear the testimony of Jesus Christ as we walk. selah.