When and where??

IV. TO WHOM SHOULD WE WITNESS?

Acts 1:8,

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,

and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the 

uttermost part of the earth.

The disciples were to witness to everyone.

Jerusalem was their home town, Judaea the province, Samaria the neighboring country, and then on to the heathen. Acts 5:20,

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people

all the words of this life

.

They were to witness and testify to all the people. Our chief

responsibility is to witness to our relatives and friends. 

 Then later our circle of influence

will grow and we will reach more and more people.

V. WHAT OUGHT ONE TO SAY IN CONFESSING CHRIST

A confession of Christ is witnessing to the fact that one is a Christian. 

A witness is one that knows something. Witnessing is not necessarily

 preaching sermons, but telling the simple story of actual facts that we know.

 A witness’ knowledge must be positive, definite, personal, 

not hearsay or imagination. It must be something that has affected

one of his five senses (heard, felt, tasted, saw, touched).

1. A witness for Christ must be saved himself.

His testimony must be capable of enduring under cross - examination.

2. Tell the simple facts of your conversion and the change in your own life.

3 Tell about answers to prayer that you have received. Psa. 50:15,

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and

 thou shalt glorify Me.

4. Tell how Christ satisfied you completely. If you say, 

“I’m saved and really happy since Jesus took my sins away,”

 people will listen to your sincerity. Don’t say that you

are happy and look as miserable as death.

5. Tell about personal victory over sin and temptations. 

This interests people and is glorifying to the Savior that 

gives you the victory. 

6. Tell about your favorite verses in the Bible; about how God 

speaks to you this morning from a particular passage of Scripture.

7. Give your friends the Gospel of Christ. Speak of the Saviors

 perfect life, death, burial, resurrection, ascension and second coming, 

and of future judgment.

VI. HINDRANCES TO CONFESSING CHRIST

There ought not to be any, for we ought to obey the plain commands

 of Scripture.

1. Fear of man. Afraid of repercussions. Afraid of what people say. 

2 Tim. 1:7, For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power,

 and of love...

 1 John 4:18,There is no fear in love; but perfect love cast out fear...

 Phil 4:13, I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me,

 even witnessing for Christ.

2. Ashamed. 2 Tim. 1:8,  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony

 of our Lord...  but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospels.

3. Impure life. Fear that the spoken testimony will not be in agreement

 with the actual life lived. Begin at the beginning.

 Confess your sins according to 1 John 1:9, and ask the Lord to give 

you a new, fresh beginning. 

 A public confession of failure is a good starting point of a 

reconsecrated life.

VII. DANGER OF NOT WITNESSING

Ezek. 33:8, When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man,

 thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked 

from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity;

but his blood will I require at thine hand.

This is a solemn warning to the silent believer on the 
Lord Jesus Christ.

 We are not necessarily responsible for the results. 

 If they refuse to accept our witness and earnest pleading 
that is their responsibility.

CONCLUSION

Have you ever confessed Christ as Savior and Lord? Rev. 2:10.