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Faith's Checkbook

February 10

A Constant Witness

"For thou shalt be His witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard"
(Acts 22:15).

Paul was chosen to see and hear the LORD speaking to him out of heaven. This
divine election was a high privilege for himself; but it was not intended to
end with him; it was meant to have an influence upon others, yea, upon all men.
It is to Paul that Europe owes the gospel at this hour.

It is ours in our measure to be witnesses of that which the LORD has revealed
to us, and it is at our peril that we hide the precious revelation. First, we
must see and hear, or we shall have nothing to tell; but when we have done so,
we must be eager to bear our testimony. It must be personal: "Thou shalt be."
It must be for Christ: "Thou shalt be his witness." It must be constant and all
absorbing; we are to be this above all other things and to the exclusion of
many other matters. Our witness must not be to a select few who will cheerfully
receive us but to "all men" -- to all whom we can reach, young or old, rich or
poor, good or bad. We must never be silent like those who are possessed by a
dumb spirit; for the text before us is a command, and a promise, and we must
not miss it
--"Thou shalt be his witness." "Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD."

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763 C.M. I. WATTS
Godly Sorrow arising from the Sufferings of Christ. Luke 23. 45 1 Alas! and did
my Saviour bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2 Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine, And bathed in its own blood;
While all exposed to wrath divine
The glorious Sufferer stood.

3 Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree.

4 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in,
When God, the mighty Maker, died
For man, the creature’s sin.

5 Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes in tears.

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