A Powerful Witness

“ ¹⁵ When they came to Jesus, they saw a man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.” —Mark 5:15

“’ ¹⁹ Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.’ ²⁰ So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.” —Mark 5:19-20

“ ²⁸ Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, ²⁹ ‘Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?’… ³⁹ Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me everything I ever did.’ ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. ⁴¹ And because of his words many more became believers.” —John 4:28-29, 39-41

“ ⁸ 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.” —Acts 1:8

(1.) Inside/out living comes as we press into the

of the Holy Spirit

“ ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” —Luke 24:48-49

“ ¹ On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. ² Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. ³ But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

⁴ Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. ⁵ Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ there. ⁶ When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs he did, they all paid close attention to what he said. ⁷ With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed. ⁸ So there was great joy in that city.” —Acts 8:1-8

“ ¹¹ The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.” —Romans 8:11

(2.) The outward expression of the inward work of the Spirit is our

“ ³ We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard…” —1 John 1:3

“ ²⁰ At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. ²¹ All those who heard him were astonished and asked, ‘Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests? ²² Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.” —Acts 9:20-22

“ ¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old life has gone, the new has come! ¹⁸ All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: ¹⁹ that God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” —2 Corinthians 5:17-20

We are witnesses by…

(a.) Telling the gospel story

“ ¹⁶ I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes…” —Romans 1:16

(b.) Telling our story for His glory