There is no testimony more compelling than when people relate their encounter with God.There’s something fresh and dynamic about a people recounting to others what God said to them.
In Jesus’ day, a woman’s testimony was considered highly questionable. Courts of law would not accept them as valid evidence. Such were the viewpoints prevalent among society at that time. As in so many ways, God completely turned the social views of that day upside down! Who was the first eyewitness of the greatest miracle in history? A woman. Who informed the disciples that their Lord had risen from the dead? A woman. The Lord of the universe entrusted the most important news in history to someone who would not have made an acceptable witness in a contemporary law court.
God can likewise use our testimony to dramatically impact peoples’ lives. We don’t have to have a theology degree to be able to testify to what we have experienced of Christ. We don’t have to be able to translate Scripture from its original Greek or Hebrew to be able to relate to others the life transforming encounters we have experienced with Christ. We simply must faithfully relate what we heard and seen of Christ. The Holy Spirit will take our witness and confirm it in the hearts of others. Of course we cannot share what we have not experienced. Some Bible scholars must drone on about archeological data and obscure hermeneutical debates because they have no personal encounter with Christ to relate to others. Don’t ever diminish your own spiritual pilgrimage and first-hand encounters with Christ. It is the most compelling news you will ever share with anyone.