READY  TO WITNESS  FOR JESUS?

The Bible says we should be ready to give reasons for your belief in the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Peter 3:15). How ready are you to witness for him? Your answers to the following biblical questions might give you some indications of how ready you are to witness for the Lord.

1.  Do you believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God; and what it says about Jesus Christ being the truth and the life and the only way to God the Father?

• The Bible says all of its scriptures were written by people who were inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16-17); and that these scriptures essentially point to Jesus Christ as God’s promised Messianic Savior of the world (Deuteronomy 18:15; Isaiah 53:5; John 20:30-31).
• After Jesus was crucified and resurrected from the dead, he said, he fulfilled everything  “written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms” (Luke 24:44).
• God the Father said concerning Jesus Christ, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him”(Luke 9:35).
• The Son of God, said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one come to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
• Jesus also said, the  miraculous works of God that he did, which no one else did, testify of his being from God (John 5:36-39; John 15:24). 
• Eye-witness writers of the  New Testament testified that Jesus healed all manner of sickness and casted out demons (Acts 10:38)–raised people from the dead (John 11:38-44)—was crucified for our sins (Romans 5:8)–was resurrected from the dead (John 20:24-29—ascended to heaven (Acts 1:9-12).

2.  Do you believed what the Bible says about Jesus being God’s solution to sin? 

• According to the Bible says, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
• The wages of sinned is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ (Romans 6:23).
• God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
• Have you been born again of the Holy Spirit by believing in Jesus as the scriptures say (John 3:1-21)?
• Have you repented of you sins, as Jesus said you must, to avoid perishing (Luke 13:3; 2 Peter 3:9)?
• Have you asked God to forgive you for you sins; and do you believe he has forgiven you because of the atoning blood of his Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:8-9)?
• Do you believe Jesus rose from the dead, fulfilling all Scriptures concerning God’s promised Savior of the world (Luke 24:44-48)?
• Do you believe Jesus ascending into heaven after his resurrection, and is coming again for all who believe in him according to Scriptures (Acts 1:9-11)?

3.  Is  the Holy Spirit conforming you to the likeness of God’s Son, and making you a living witness for Jesus Christ?

• Is the Holy Spirit living in you, conforming you to the likeness of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3:16; Romans 8:29)?
• Are you doing the will of God, like Christ did, rather than your own will (Luke 22:42; Matthew 7:21)?
• Are you willing to take up the cross that God gives you and suffer like the Lord did (Luke 9:23)?
• Are you praying and using the help of the Holy Spirit to divest you of your old lifestyle and be holy as Christ is holy (1 Peter 1:13-16)?

4.  Are you willing and ready to witness for the Lord by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ? 

• Being empowered by the Holy Spirit, are you willing to follow the Lord’s command to proclaim the gospel of Christ so that people might believe in the Lord and be saved (Mark 16:15-16;Acts 1:8)?
• Have you been studying the scriptures so that you might rightly impart the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ? (2 Timothy 2:15)?

Positive answers to the above biblical questions may be seen as measures of your believing in  Jesus Christ and being ready to witness for him. The lord’s apostle Peter said, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What areas might you improve in to be more ready to witness for Jesus?