The Necessity of Testifying
Read Leviticus 5:1
Today’s Truth
So, let me give a brief explanation of what this verse just referenced because this is huge in our lives. So, basically, there comes a time when the community is asking for someone to testify to something. You have a person who is able to testify, who’s a witness to something. But they stay silent when they’re being asked to testify. When they are required, in a sense, to testify, for the good of the community, and they don’t speak, then that is sin.
We are called, equipped, and empowered by the very Spirit of God to testify to the goodness of Christ and His gospel. God, help us not to sin with our silence.
Discussion Questions
- Do you testify to God’s goodness in your life? Explain.
- How does God use your testimony?
- What does it look like for you to proclaim the Gospel through your testimony?
Application
Now, you take that picture, fast forward, like we need to do with all of these pictures in the Old Testament, and specifically the Book of Leviticus. And fast forward to the New Testament. Think, is there any picture of sin in which we have seen something, witnessed something, and need to testify, but we don’t? I think there’s probably a variety of examples and maybe the most prominent one is the proclamation of the Gospel.
Leviticus 5:1 Encourages Boldness to Speak the Gospel!
