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    The Word of Their Testimony
    The Word of Their Testimony
    The Word of Their Testimony
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    The Word of Their Testimony

    By John D. Bain

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    Dr. John D. Bain presents an inspirational and instructional guide to help evangelical Christians prepare and present the story of their own religious salvation experience. The Word of Their Testimony describes the importance and the simplicity of sharing one's faith in Jesus Christ by simply telling others how their journey began. The reader can learn how to use the testimonial story of the great Apostle of the New Testament, Paul of Tarsus, as a model for recalling and telling about the greatest spiritual event that has ever happened to them. Fifty questions put to the reader form the basis for answers and reflections that can be woven together into a tapestry of testimony that can be shared in the world court - to congregations, and one to one.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn D. Bain
    Release dateSep 22, 2014
    ISBN9781310544590
    The Word of Their Testimony
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    John D. Bain

    Dr. John D. Bain is a resident of Hartselle, Alabama. The son of John W. and Elizabeth Bain and the husband of Terri Evans Bain. He has two children and two grandchildren.He was ordained into the pastoral ministry in 1977 and has served as a Southern Baptist Pastor for thirty-seven years in seven SBC churches.He was graduated (National Honor Society) from the Morgan County High School in Hartselle, Alabama in 1974 (now Hartselle High School), from Belmont College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1979 (now Belmont University – Bachelor’s Degree ), from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee in 1982 (Master’s of Divinity), and from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2012 (Doctor of Ministry).In 2006 he left the full time pastorate to serve in associational missions and as a bivocational pastor in smaller SBC churches.In 1990 he was introduced to the world of the Personal Computer – he incorporated the PC into his ministry and pastoral work and eventually gained expertise in their use, maintenance, and repair. Thus electronic books!

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      The Word of Their Testimony - John D. Bain

      The Word of Their Testimony

      Preparing and telling the story about what Christ has done for you

      by John D. Bain

      Copyright © 2010 by Other Little Ships

      Smashwords Edition

      Chapter 1

      Introduction

      "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

      And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." Revelation 12:7-11

      Read the last part of Revelation 12:11 above again.

      Do you see that their testimony is mentioned in the same breath with the blood of the Lamb? Every Christian, every Bible student worth their salt knows about the power that is in the blood of the Lamb of God. We teach it, we preach it, we write and sing songs about it.

      There is Power in the Blood. The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power. Are You Washed in the Blood? There is a Fountain Filled with Blood. Nothing but the Blood of Jesus.

      In our darkest hours we plead the Blood of Jesus because we know that it has tremendous overcoming power.

      But do you realize that the Bible is teaching you, and me, in this scripture passage, that our testimony also has great victory-ringing power?

      What IS our testimony? Well, we need to know, don't we? And the technical definition of the word (among others) will be explored in more detail in later chapters. The word has to do with a witness offering evidence in a court of law. Answering questions and giving a deposition.

      Christians are described as witnesses who are called forth in the Courtroom of the World to give testimony to what they have seen and what they have heard. To tell what God has done for them. To present themselves as PROOF of the power, grace, and eternal goodness of God.

      Primarily, and most important of all, your testimony, is the story of how you became a believer in and a follower of Jesus Christ.

      In a Christian's life there are many things that he can testify to about the working of God in and through him, but the most important testimony that he will ever give, the kind of testimony that is powerfully tandem to the Blood of Jesus, the testimony that has Devil-Defeating Power, is the testimony of his salvation experience.

      Two weeks after I gave my life to Christ at the Flint Baptist Church in Decatur, Alabama (2nd Sunday in May, 1970), my pastor, Bro. Steve Tucker, asked me if I would give my testimony before the church. I immediately told him that I would.

      If he had asked me to jump off of a cliff, I probably would have done that, too. I had previously hated church, and particularly pastors and preachers. But, something wonderful had happened in my life. Without question (even though I understood none of the concepts yet) I had been born again, regenerated, recreated and made holy by the Savior of the whole world: Jesus

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