TESTIFY

TESTIFY

John 15:26 ¶ “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

The miracles of Jesus were like living parables, they were real for the individuals who were touched, but oftentimes for us today they are a glimpse into spiritual reality. The Holy Spirit, working through the ministry of Jesus, actually brings us out of spiritual death, and awakens us to a life in the Spirit. He testifies of the reality of Christ, opens our spiritual eyes that we can see and opens our deaf ears that we can hear the voice of God. Just as blind Bartimaeus saw the face of Jesus when Jesus touched, our spiritual eyes are opened that we can see the face of our Savior. R.t. Kendall spoke of the Holy Spirit who testifies of the ministry of Jesus.

“What makes people want to turn to Jesus? The Holy Spirit. What makes Jesus real? The Holy Spirit. What makes what He did for us—dying on the cross and being raised from the dead—real? The Holy Spirit.
This is why Jesus said, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him”. We are all born “dead”—“dead in your transgressions and sins”. Can a dead man speak? Can a dead man hear? Can a dead man move? Can a dead man make a choice? Jesus’s statement in John 6:44 came in the midst of what Bible teachers call the hard teachings of Jesus. At the beginning of this discourse Jesus had a following of five thousand. At the end “many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him”. Jesus elaborated on His various hard sayings: “The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. . . . This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.
What is the aim of the Holy Spirit’s witness? Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit directs people to Jesus. “He will testify about me.” It is the Spirit who makes people see why Jesus died and rose again. Remember that the disciples did not know why Jesus died or rose from the dead even after they saw His resurrected body. It was not until the Holy Spirit fell on them on the Day of Pentecost that it all came together for them.”

The Holy Spirit clears up a lot of questions for us. Before we are effected by the Spirit, we seem to wander around, groping for answers in the darkness of this world. When He comes, we find ourselves suddenly standing in the brightness of a brand new day. The Holy Spirit testifies to our spirit about the reality of Jesus. Suddenly, His healing power is real, His word becomes understandable, and we also begin to testify. We can’t help ourselves, we have to tell of what He has done for us.