Witness for Jesus

Dear Readers,

The following is a help in witnessing to unbelievers of the truth of Jesus - who he is, why he came and what he accomplished.

God made Adam is his image, then made Eve for his helpmate. They both lived in the Garden of Eden that God provided for them. They had a wonderful relationship with God. This is how God intended a relationship to be between God and man.

Adam and Eve sinned against God by eating the fruit of a tree in the garden that God told them not to eat. Because of this sin against God, death came to reign upon the earth and Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Death is the price that mankind must pay for sin. Everyone born of Adam and Eve since their fall in the Garden of Eden, has sin imparted to them.

Romans 5:17 “For if, by the trespass of one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ?”

God’s plan for redeeming mankind was to provide the prefect sacrifice which would pay sin’s price and stop the reign of death on the earth and restore the right relationship God desires with mankind. Jesus was the prefect sacrifice for sin on the earth because God was his father and Mary a virgin was his mother, thus sin of Adam and Eve was not imparted to Jesus. Jesus lived a sinless life even in a very sinful world. Jesus was the prefect Lamb of God that would be sacrificed for mankind’s sin and become the only way mankind could come back to God. God resurrected Jesus from the dead and made him the first fruit of salvation and glorified him and Jesus ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God. You can follow in Jesus’ footsteps and become the fruit of salvation. Jesus is waiting for you.

Jesus began his ministry here on earth and he taught his followers in parables and simple stories that they could relate to. He also taught in synagogues and temples as well as one on one with individuals.

Jesus went to the synagogue in Nazareth where he had been brought up and the book of Esaias was given unto him and he found the place he wanted to read from while he was in the synagogue. Luke 4: 18-21 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”

Jesus lived his life in perfect union with God, doing the things God wanted him to do and saying the things God wanted him to say. Wherever Jesus went and whomever he spoke with, he spoke the truth of God and people listened because it was the word of God. Jesus said in John 5:30 “By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.” Many did not believe what he said and some described him as a man of sorrows. John 12: 44-46 Then Jesus cried out, "When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”

Jesus taught many and performed miracles that were witnessed by many people and did not go unnoticed by the Jewish religious leaders, for they were jealous of Jesus’ following and of the truths he told people about them which was not complementary, so they began to plan his death.

Jesus was questioned by teachers of the Jewish law as seen in Mark 2:16 “When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the “sinners” and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: Why does he eat what tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” Jesus replied, in Mark 2:17 “On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’”

Jesus named his twelve disciples and taught them life lessons throughout his ministry. Jesus explained the meaning of many of the parables to his disciples that he spoke to his followers and those who came to listen to him. Jesus choose ordinary men to be his disciples, not highly skilled or respected, but some looked down upon them for their vocations within the Jewish society. Jesus taught these men well while he was alive and taught them many things after his resurrection from the dead because on their shoulders would rest the teaching of the faith and responsibility of the early church and it’s continuation in the faith. These men grew to have awesome faith in Jesus and finished their mission and are now with Jesus in heaven.

After Jesus’ death and resurrection, Jesus showed himself to many people with undeniable proofs that he was Jesus and that he was alive. Before Jesus ascended into heaven, to sit at the right hand of God, he gave one last commandment in Mark 16:15-20 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”


You have a choice to make now, whether to follow after the devil which ultimately leads to sin, death and hell or to choose Jesus who is mankind’s Saviour from sin, death and hell. Jesus invites you to follow him into abundant life, the life God intended for you. Jesus says in Matthew 11: 29-30 “ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Jesus provides you with the forgiveness of your sins, past, present and future by allowing you to ask him for forgiveness for your sin. Jesus is the only way for you to have a right relationship with God restored. Jesus is able to offer you eternal life, as he is living now. There is no downside to Jesus’ offer. Why would you not choose Jesus as your Saviour, the Son of God, and the only way to God. Who do you choose?