Testify

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
TESTIFY
Prov 14:25
25 A truthful witness saves lives,
but a false witness is deceitful.
NIV
Would this truly be about the courtroom sense in some worldly court? It may appear to be so to the unobservant, but to those who have been enlighten by the Spirit of God the truth cannot be hidden. What type of witness can truly save lives? Is it not the witness who brings testimony of the saving grace of God? What else can save a life? Without accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, without accepting his death on the cross for sin, there is no saving of a life. All other testimonies are false, they are deceitfully wicked testimonies designed to defame the cross, to discredit God. A witness who says being a good person, doing good deeds, following the example of Christ’s life, spreads deceitful falsehoods because these are based on man’s effort, not on God’s grace. What can man do to save a life? It is only the witness who testifies about Christ who has the truth which can set a man free. Many attempt to witness of some strange god, or gods which will bring the follower to some paradise in the end. Many will witness to the reward which awaits those who follow after these god’s, but in the end it will prove to have been a false witness and a deceitful one which has lead people to their eternal death. What is the matter with people? Why do they allow themselves to be deceived by this false witness? Does it simply allow them to continue life as they please? Do they refuse to accept the truthful witness about Jesus Christ being the only way onto the Father, because they actually already know the truth and cannot bear to give up their life of self-centeredness? Whatever the reason, it cannot stop or detour a truthful witness from testifying about Christ. No matter if no one listens, a true believer will continue to be a truthful witness about Christ knowing that is the only way a life can be saved. The world might attempt to close off the witness’s words, shut off the sound; drown them out with screams of doing good deeds and being a good person, all the while living for self instead of Christ. Yet there is only one truth which will save a life, and the truthful witness will continue to testify.