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by Sandy Shaw
In Acts 21:17, Paul and Luke and a few others arrive in Jerusalem - "and the brothers received us warmly". The next day Paul meets with the elders of the Church of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. It is around the year 60 AD. Again we see the pattern of one city, one church, one group of elders. One leadership - there was still such wonderful unity in the Church of Jesus Christ, despite the various serious attacks.
Paul goes on to describe in detail what God has been doing among the Gentiles through his ministry. It is right and good to tell the leadership of the local church what God has been doing through your travelling and preaching and teaching, as you have exercised an apostolic ministry.
They would have been praying for him, and the team - for the travelling - the preaching - the teaching. He had been on the road for 5 or 6 years - ministering - seeing people changed - witnessing various miracles - teaching elders - casting demons out of the bound and oppressed. Imagine Paul describing that Farewell Meeting with the Ephesian Eldership. He is testifying to what God has been doing through him, and that is important.
Be prepared to give your testimony, but make sure it is real and realistic. See this clearly in Scripture. Men of God shared their experience. Peter did this, as did the apostle Paul. When it is right and when you are given the opportunity, share what God would have you share. Do not exaggerate. Exaggeration is just another form of lying! Tell it as it really is, and ask the living God to bless as you speak the truth in Christ.
Alexander 'Sandy' Shaw is pastor of Nairn Christian Fellowship in Nairn, Scotland. Nairn is 17 miles east of Inverness - on the Moray Firth Coast - not far from the Loch Ness Monster!
Gifted as a Biblical teacher, Sandy is firmly committed to making sure that his teachings are firmly grounded in the Word.
Sandy has a weekly radio talk which can be heard via the Internet on Saturday at 11:40am, New Orleans time, at wsho.com.
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