How important is the priority to be a witness? Mahatma Gandhi formed one of the world’s largest cults after first rejecting Christianity. Sadly, he stated as his reason, “Of all the world’s religions, Christianity is the most noble…I would have become a follower of Christ had it not been for Christians.” This newsletter is dedicated to the second priority that God’s Word sets before the people of God. The priority of being a good witness cannot be divorced from our previous subject of being a good disciple.The call to be witnesses unto Christ comes from the one who was Himself, “the faithful and true witness.” Our ability to effectively witness can only flow out of what kind of disciple we have become. Our present subject is the call to be a witness. It has been well said that, “action speaks louder than words.” What we do can either enhance or distract from the words we say. What we say may be totally correct and true, but if it flows from a life that is contradictory to what we say, our words have little or no impact. Place the proper emphasis upon being a good disciple and you will also be a good witness.

Christianity, for the most part, is presented as a one-time conversion experience. Jesus did preach the need to be born-again (Jn.3:3-5), but His thrust of emphasis was always upon discipleship as the end result of the initial conversion experience. To divorce the conversion experience from the call to discipleship is to turn a difficult decision into an easy one. Modern-day presentations of the gospel message divulge a gospel based only on the conversion experience instead of one based upon discipleship. It is important to see that each of these concepts promotes its own mental outlook (philosophy-way of life) on what constitutes the Christian life:

Experiencing the new birth does not change the world in which we live. The new birth must change how we live in this present world that still lies under the sway, control and influence, of the wicked one; the god of this present evil world (age) The new birth is to produce a new life. This transcends the act of being forgiven for our sinful past. God is looking for a people willing to change their priorities in life from being those which were formed by the principles of the world into those formulated by the principles of the Word. This newsletter is an introduction to the many that will follow it that will be dedicated to this subject. God has clearly defined priorities in His Word that stand in direct opposition to the priorities held dear by the world. I want to share with you twelve priorities God sets before every believer. These twelve priorities will, in essence, “spell” Christianity for us. Are you ready?

This is our fourth newsletter dealing with Paul’s admonition for the believer to “Have a Good Confession” (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). We have looked at two of the three “good confessions” that are essential truths that God’s people need to embrace. We live in times of partial truths being presented as whole truths.. There is no greater abuse to truth than what is being presented today under the banner of grace. Titus 2:11-14 shows us that there is far more to grace than forgiveness of sins. Hebrews 8:10-12 portrays that the New Covenant is not merely a covenant of grace as commonly presented. We shall now examine what the Scripture conveys is a good confession pertaining to the solid foundation of God.
It is not the popular “Once Saved Always Saved” perversion of the grace of God.

This is our third newsletter dedicated to the often-used reference of Paul toward a believer’s confession (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). I showed you that a “confession” is a verbal declaration, a proclamation that is in agreement with God’s (Logos) written Word. A confession is saying the same as God has recorded in His Word. We are presently looking at three needful confessions (proclamations, declarations) that a sincere Christian should embrace. In our last newsletter we identified the first of these three areas of needful confession as we looked at a declaration of sound doctrine found in Titus 2:11-14. This is one continuous, flowing sentence from the apostle Paul describing what should be considered as the proper results of having received the grace of God. In this newsletter we shall examine what the Scriptures define as the contents of the New Covenant. We shall then compare it to what is generally accepted as the New Covenant.

Our last newsletter dealt with the meaning of Paul’s urging for God’s people to maintain a good confession (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). I showed you that a “confession” is a verbal declaration, a proclamation that is in agreement with God’s (Logos) written Word. A confession is saying the same as God has recorded in His Word.
In this newsletter, I want to stress the importance that our confession of God’s Word needs to be “accurate and complete statements of truth.” We live in times in which half truths are presented as whole truths. It has been well said that half a truth is no better than a lie.
The theme of this newsletter, as well as the two that will follow it, is to demonstrate what constitutes “an accurate and complete statement of truth.” If indeed truth is to make us free and sanctify (set apart) the believer, it will take “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

Although there is much abuse in the “faith for prosperity” movement pertaining to the importance of confession, Paul does has a repeated urging for God’s people to maintain a good confession (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). A biblical confession is a declaration or proclamation that is in agreement with God’s written Word. In this newsletter, I stress the importance that our confession of God’s Word need to be accurate and complete statements of truth. We live in times in which half truths are presented as whole truths. It has been well said that half a truth is no better than a lie.
The theme of this newsletter, as well as the three that will follow it, is to demonstrate what constitutes an accurate and complete statement of truth. If indeed truth is to make us free and sanctify (set apart) the believer, it will take “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”