In Acts 1:8 Jesus said to His disciples; 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.” We are not just to witness but Jesus said that when we witness we would receive the power of the Holy Ghost in order to witness to the ends of the earth.
We cannot witness effectively without the power of the Holy Ghost. As was stated in last week’s message, there are many who stand in pulpits and on platforms today preaching, as far as they’re concerned, the word of God and in the name of Christ. And yet they themselves either don’t know how to or are too intimidated to lead someone, one on one in the sinners prayer. Why? Because they don’t have the power of the Holy Ghost within them to do so. There are actually also some of those pastors and leaders who feel that witnessing is beneath them and it’s something for others to take care of. For too many years I’ve heard the catch phrase “sheep beget sheep’ putting the responsibility solely on the congregation and members to add to the numbers in the church and body of Christ. There are pastors, preachers, teachers, prophets and leaders in the body of Christ who are just not comfortable or actually don’t know how to ask someone clearly and directly, one on one, “Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? To hear more of what our Father is speaking to us in this episode click on the buzzsprout.com link or go to your favorite podcast app and search for This Is the Voice of the Prophet. Then look for the title, "DO YOU LOVE HIM" PART 3.