{"id":3647,"date":"2024-02-18T21:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=3647"},"modified":"2024-02-18T21:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:22:01","slug":"the-testimonies-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/18\/the-testimonies-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Testimonies of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Text<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genesis 18:17-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intro<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I believe to have one\u2019s name mentioned in the Bible is extraordinary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
However, to have the God of the Bible actually provide a testimony in a person\u2019s behalf is hardly imaginable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
When any of us stand in the presence of God
We realize as Isaiah did we are\u00a0 \u201cpeople of unclean lips\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n
We realize as the Apostle Paul did \u2013 \u201cO wretched man that I am!\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n
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We realize as the Apostle Peter did \u2013 \u201cI am a sinful man\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The Bible declares \u2013
\u201cAs it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n
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\u201cFor all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Despite this God testifies in His Word about some of His Saints.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
We want to look at some of \u201cThe Testimonies of God.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abraham \u2013 Genesis 18:19<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Notice God\u2019s testimony about Abraham
God says, \u201cFor I know him<\/strong>\u201c<\/li><\/ul>\n
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God had no doubt about the statement that He was about to make about Abraham.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201cthat he will command his children and his household after him<\/strong>\u201c
God said that Abraham had his family and household in order.<\/li><\/ul>
He rules them well.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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They were in complete submission to him because Abraham was in complete submission to God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201cthey shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment<\/strong>\u201c
Abraham was obedient to God and set the example for his family.<\/li><\/ul>
He spent time in instructing his family on the things of the Lord.<\/li><\/ul>
See Deut. 6:4-9.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
He made sure that his family had a time of devotion each.<\/li><\/ul>
He was not a hypocrite.<\/li><\/ul>
He practiced what he preached.<\/li><\/ul>
His walk matched his talk.<\/li><\/ul>
Therefore, Abraham\u2019s family was obedient to God.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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As Abraham was just and fair in his business dealings and so would his family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
In fact notice what the Word of God says about Abraham\u2019s relationship with God.
See James 2:23<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
Can you imagine being called \u201cThe Friend of God\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n
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I believe the reason that Abraham was called The Friend of God is because he was obedient to God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
We see his life of obedience begin when God told him in Genesis 12:1 \u2013 \u201cNow the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father\u2019s house, unto a land that I will shew thee<\/strong>:\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
We see Abraham\u2019s obedience in Genesis 12:4 \u2013 \u201cSo Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Abraham was not perfect.
He was a sinner just like you and me.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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However, overall his life reflected a life that was obedient to God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Abraham had the testimony of OBEDIENCE<\/u> to God<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Job \u2013 Job 1:8<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Notice God\u2019s testimony about Job \u2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cthere is none like him in the earth\u201d<\/strong>\n
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Job was in a class all by himself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201ca perfect and an upright man\u201d<\/strong>
God did not say Job was sinless.<\/li><\/ul>
Job was a perfect man
A man who was a mature saint.<\/li><\/ul>
A man who was consistently right with God.<\/li><\/ul>
A man who confessed his sins to God on a regular basis.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n
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Job was an upright man.
A man who could be trusted in his business dealings.<\/li><\/ul>
A man who was honest and would never cheat anyone.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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A man was known as being fair in his business dealings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201cone that feareth God\u201d<\/strong>
Job had the testimony that he feared God.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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That is why he was a perfect and upright man.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The Word of God has a lot to say about \u201cthe fear of the Lord\u201d<\/strong>
\u201cthe fear of the Lord, that is wisdom\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
\u201cthe fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
\u201cthe fear of the Lord prolongeth days\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n
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\u201cthe fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201cescheweth evil\u201d<\/strong>
Job had the testimony that he avoided evil.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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The Word of God tells us \u201cto depart from evil is understanding\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
See James 5:10-11.<\/strong>
We see that Job had a testimony of being patient when it came to suffering.<\/li><\/ul>
The Word of God tells us in \u00a0Romans 5:3 \u2013 \u201c\u2026knowing that tribulation worketh patience\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n
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Job certainly had his share and more of tribulation but through it all he was patient and trusted in God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Job had the testimony that he FEARED GOD<\/u><\/strong>.\n
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As a result he was an upright man and avoided evil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
III.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David \u2013 Acts 13:22<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Notice God\u2019s testimony about David<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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\u201ca man after mine own heart\u201d<\/strong>\n
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A believe the key word is \u201cheart\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
See Isaiah 66:2<\/strong>\n
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Notice the kind of man God takes notice of \u2013
A man that has a poor and contrite spirit<\/li><\/ul>
A man that trembles at God\u2019s Word.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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David was such man.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
See Psalm 51:17<\/strong>\n
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Notice the kind of sacrifices that God will not despise\n
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\u201cbroken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
You see the reason David was a man after God\u2019s own heart was because he saw sin as God saw sin.
Something wicked and vile.<\/li><\/ul>
Despite his sins of committing adultery with Bathsheba and having her husband Uriah murder.<\/li><\/ul>
David was still a man after God\u2019s own heart because he acknowledged his sin and took full responsibility for it<\/li><\/ul>
He confessed his sin to God and was broken hearted because of his sin.<\/li><\/ul>
He asked God for his forgiveness and mercy<\/li><\/ul>
This evident from Psalm 51 <\/strong>which he wrote.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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David had godly sorrow which worketh repentance to salvation.
David was sorrow for offending God.<\/li><\/ul>
Not for getting caught.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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Being sorrow for getting caught is worldly sorrow which worketh death.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Notice also in Acts 13:22<\/strong> what God has to say about David.
\u201cwhich shall fulfil all my will\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
God knew with out a doubt that David was totally submitted to will of God for his life.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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God knew whatever He told David to do that he would do it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
David had the testimony of being a MAN AFTER GOD\u2019S OWN HEART.<\/u><\/strong>
A heart that would weep and hurt over sin that he had committed against God.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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A man surrendered to the will of God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
IV.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary \u2013 Luke 1:30<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Notice God\u2019s testimony about Mary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cfor thou hast found favour with God\u201d<\/strong>
Mary found kindness with God.<\/li><\/ul>
Mary found God\u2019s support.<\/li><\/ul>
Why you might ask?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n
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Of all the virgins in Israel why did Mary find favour with God?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s look at some of the statements that Mary made.
See Luke 1:38 \u2013 \u201cAnd Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
Mary had a humble spirit.<\/li><\/ul>
She called herself a handmaid of the Lord.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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A position of servitude and submission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Most women if they were told that they were going to bring the Saviour of mankind into the world would have been pretty puffed up \u2013 Amen!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
If they believed the angel Gabriel to begin with.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Mary was submitted to whatever the Lord had for her to do.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Notice something else about Mary.
She recognized her lost condition.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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See Luke 1:46-47<\/strong>
Her soul magnified the Lord not herself.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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She her spirit rejoiced in God her Saviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Mary had the testimony of being HUMBLE.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
Mary had the testimony that she would serve the Lord in any way He saw fit.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I believe that each one of these testimonies of God should reflect the life of the believer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
I believe each one of us should have the Testimony<\/u><\/strong>:
Of being obedient to God as Abraham was.<\/li><\/ul>
Of fearing God as Job did to keep us upright and to avoid evil.<\/li><\/ul>
Of having a broken and contrite heart over our sin as David did.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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Of having a heart of humility, totally surrendered to will of God as Mary did.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
How about you my dear friend \u2013 What is God\u2019s Testimony regarding you?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Text:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genesis 18:17-19 Intro: I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Abraham \u2013 Genesis 18:19 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Job \u2013 Job 1:8 III.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David \u2013 Acts 13:22 IV.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary \u2013 Luke 1:30 Conclusion:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa5oei-WP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3648,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647\/revisions\/3648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}