I'M A CHRISTIAN -- A LATTER-DAY CHRISTIAN. I BELONG TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. I ACCEPTED CHRIST AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR MANY YEARS AGO. I KNOW THAT HE IS A CELESTIAL, GLORIFIED, OMNIPOTENT, OMNISCIENT, EXALTED AND ETERNAL DEITY. I KNOW THIS BY PERSONAL REVELATION THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY GHOST. THEREFORE, I BEAR WITNESS THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, THE PREMORTAL JEHOVAH, AND THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.

I AM ALSO A LATTER-DAY SAINT. THEREFORE I BEAR FURTHER WITNESS THAT GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND HIS SON, CHRIST JESUS DID IN REALITY AND FACT APPEAR TO FOURTEEN YEAR OLD JOSEPH SMITH IN 1820 AND THAT THROUGH JOSEPH, CHRIST RESTORED HIS CHURCH AND PRIESTHOOD AGAIN TO THE EARTH.

I BEAR WITNESS THAT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS IS THE ONLY TRUE CHURCH ON THE EARTH AND THAT ULTIMATE SALVATION AND EXALTATION CAN ONLY BE RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, RECEIPT OF HIS SAVING AND EXALTING ORDINANCES, AND ENDURING TO THE END OF MORTAL LIFE.

I INVITE ALL WHO MAY READ THIS BLOG WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF CHRIST'S CHURCH TO INVESTIGATE THE CHURCH AND TEST ITS VALIDITY THROUGH PRAYER AND READING.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS

10 And I afell at his feet to bworship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy cfellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the dtestimony of Jesus is the spirit of eprophecy. Revelation 19:10

I have commented several times about receiving a witness through the Holy Ghost about the truth of principles, etc. The verse above was made by the Apostle John while imprisoned on the Isle of Patmos. He mistakenly tries to kneel down to a heavenly being he assumed to be the Master. The angelic messenger stopped him and told him he was only a fellow servant from among the brethren who had the testimony of Jesus. Then he tells John that the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.

The word used in Revelation which is translated as testimony is the Greek word  MARTYRΙΑ (μαρτυρια), which is better translated as WITNESS. It comes from the Greek verb MARTYREO (μαρτυρεω) and it means TO BEAR OR GIVE WITNESS..

 The word PROPHECY (προφητειας) means both to SPEAK FORTH and also to SPEAK BEFORE. HAND.. I think most of us Latter-Day Saints would accept "to prophecy" as the meaning.

THE WITNESS OF CHRIST IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.

It sounds like to me that to know that Jesus is in fact the Christ, one has to receive that knowledge through the Spirit of Prophecy (το πνευμα τησ προφητειας). The Spirit of Prophecy -- one of the Gifts of the Spirit. This kind of knowledge goes far beyond  assumption, belief, or faith that Jesus is the Christ. This is sure knowledge that is communicated from the Holy Ghost to a person's Spirit.

This concept of knowing by the Holy Ghost certainly adds meaning to another scripture penned by the Apostle John:

3 And this is alife beternal, that they might cknow thee the only true dGod, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast esent. John 17:3


To know either Christ or the Father or both can only come through the knowledge or witness that comes through the Holy Ghost. It is NOT knowing about them that is saving.

 

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