A Witness That Wins the World
Revelation 10:1-2 NIV
'Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, '
Revelation 10:8-11 NIV
'Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’ ” I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”'
Acts 1:8 NIV
'But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my WITNESSES in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” '
Revelation 11:3-4 NIV
And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4)They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”
How do we Win the World as a Witness?
- We Win the World when We Lay Ourselves Down
WITNESS: the original Greek word for "witness" in the New Testament is "martus" – English word Martyr.
John 12:24-26 NIV
'Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. '
To be a witness means to live in such a way that one’s life would not make sense if God did not exist! Madeleine L’Engle
How do we Win the World as a Witness?
- We Win the World when We Lay Ourselves Down
- We Win the World when He Picks Us Up
Revelation 11:5-6 NIV
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
As a WITNESS we go in HIS STRENGTH to accomplish HIS WORK.
God EMPOWERS & PROTECTS those that are PURSUING HIS WILL.
How do we Win the World as a Witness?
- We Win the World when We Lay Ourselves Down
- We Win the World when He Picks Us Up
- We win the World when We are FAITH-Full
Revelation 11:7-10 NIV
Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8)Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. 9)For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10)The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
Revelation 11:11-12 NIV
But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them,“Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on. '
Romans 8:18-19 NIV
'I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. '
If sinners be damned, let them leap to Hell over dead bodies. Charles Spurgeon
Romans 1:16-17 NKJV
'For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”'
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