~ These Should Be The Testimony of
Every Christian ~
The “I Know” of Personal Faith In
Christ ~ “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I
am not ashamed, for I know whom I have
believed and am persuaded that He
is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day” (2 Timothy 1:12).
The “I Have Been” of Personal Crucifixion ~ “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
The “I Serve” of Personal Service ~ “For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me” (Acts 27:23-25).
The “I Can” of Personal Empowerment ~ “I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned
both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can
do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:12-13).
The “I Do” of Personal Consecration
~ “Brethren, I do not count
myself to have apprehended; but one thing
I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those
things which are ahead, I press toward
the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians
3:13-14).
The “I Discipline” of Personal Mastery
~ “Do
you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is
temperate in all things. Now they do it
to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the
air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I
have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified” (I
Corinthians 9:24-27).
The “I Haves” of Personal Testimony ~ “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing” (2 Timothy 4:6-8).
note: The base concept for this listing is from
F.E. Marsh.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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