DAILY BREAD
Testimonies for the Truth of the Gospel.
"If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself."
1 John 5:9-10.
Every Christian has experienced in his own heart the wonder ful power of the Gospel. Every Christian has this testimony for the divine truth o f the Gospel which the H oly Ghost makes effective in his heart. Such testimony assures a Christian that the Gospel of Christ is not a delusion, but divine truth. The Gospel will fill his heart with the peace of God and with the firm conviction that all his sins are forgiven. If you have this testi mony in your heart, you can say: “I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that Day.”
Another testimony for the truth of the Gospel are the prophecies in the Old Testament and their exact fulfilment in the Hew. One should scarcely think that a person having such evidence before him could entertain the least shadow of a doubt as to the divine truth of the Gospel. Can any one deny that the description of Christ which we have in the New Testament cor responds exactly with the description of the Messiah which we have in the Old Testament? Have not all the prophecies been literally fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ? Search the Scrip tures if any doubts arise in your minds as to the truth of the Gospel. The testimony of the Scripture is able to dispel all your doubts and to confirm you in the faith that the Gospel is divine truth.
Still another testimony for the truth of the Gospel are the many eye-witnesses who saw Christ after His resurrection. They conversed with the risen Lord. They ate and drank with Him. With their own eyes they saw Him ascend to heaven. And these eye-witnesses were intelligent men, honorable, trustworthy per sons, whose characters were beyond reproach. Let us glory in our faith, which overcometh the world, and thank our God for such overwhelming evidence of the truth.
Prayer.
O Lord God, Thou hast given us many and overwhelming testimonies for the truth of Thy divine Gospel, for which we heartily thank Thee. And we pray Thee, let these testimonies dispel all our doubts and silence all objections. O let us appre ciate more and more the truth of the Gospel which Thou hast granted unto us so abundantly! Grant us Thy Holy Spirit. Come with comfort to the weak, teach the wretched Thy way, help the fallen, guide the erring, and hold them with Thy right hand. Be Thou our light in darkness, our salvation in life, our comfort in death. Amen.
O Holy Ghost, Thou precious Gift, Thou Comforter unfailing,
O’er Satan’s snares our souls uplift, And let Thy power availing
Avert our woes and calm our dread; For us the Savior’s blood was shed, We trust in Thee to save us.
