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Wisdom continued
Wisdom protects the wise from evil.
• MAT T H E W 7 :2 4 | “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person
who builds a house on solid rock.”
Wisdom allows us to build our lives on a firm foundation.
PROMISES FROM GOD
• PR O V E R B S 1 :2 3 | Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make
you wise.
• J A ME S 1 :5 | If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you.
Witnessing See also Courage; Doubt; Faith; Heaven/Eternal Life; Mercy &
Grace; Salvation; Truth
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A friend mentions in casual conversation that she enjoyed a terrific meal at a new restaurant and thinks you would like it too. A stranger overhears you and your spouse wondering
if a certain movie would be good to rent for a family night and offers that his kids thought it
was great. Both the friend and the stranger are witnesses. Although the word tends to conjure images of courtrooms or awkward religious proselytizing, to witness simply means to
tell about something you have experienced. According to the Bible, every believer shares
the privilege and responsibility of witnessing. We should always be ready to tell the story of
how we met and grew to love Jesus. That story is the greatest story you can tell.
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Is witnessing really necessary?
• PSA L M 1 0 7 :2 | Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed
you from your enemies.
• MA R K 1 6 :1 5 | And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to
everyone.”
God has offered a way to rescue everyone from eternal death. No wonder the Bible calls
this Good News! If you have discovered this rescue plan, which is to believe in Jesus as
your Savior, then you will want to tell others about what he has done for you.
• MA R K 1 :1 7 | Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish
for people!”
• A C T S 1 1 :2 4 | Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And
many people were brought to the Lord.
Telling others the story of Jesus is an essential part of being a follower of Jesus. Simply tell
others why you love him, and he promises to soften the hearts of many who listen.
• 2 K I NG S 7 :9 | “This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren’t sharing it with
anyone! . . . Come on, let’s go back and tell the people.”
• A C T S 8 :1 3 | Then Simon himself believed and was baptized.
• R O MA NS 1 0 :1 4 | But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him?
And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they
hear about him unless someone tells them?
It is not right to keep the Good News to yourself. The only way some people can experience all the benefits of following God is by hearing and believing his message of Good
News—from you! Being a Christian isn’t about getting “in” to some exclusive group. It’s
about experiencing something so wonderful that you can’t wait to invite others to experience it, too. Is this how you feel about being a Christian?
• J O H N 9 :1 3 -1 5 , 2 4 -2 5 | Then they took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees,
because it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him. The Pharisees
asked the man all about it. So he told them, “He put the mud over my eyes, and when I
washed it away, I could see!”. . . So for the second time they called in the man who had been