Believing in Jesus, faith in him, leads a person to give testimony about him. Jesus, who entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey, was given great praise. The Jewish religious leaders told him to stop the praise. His reply was, “I tell you, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” (Luke 19:40). “I believe,” Paul and the Psalmist say, “therefore I have spoken.” Testimony about Jesus is a natural compulsion to those who believe.
Why? “Because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with the saints in his presence” (14). The grace of God in this gives rise to thanksgiving and praise to the glory of God. Paul points out that the good news was also reaching many people, not just the Jews. More and more were added as people testified to Jesus.
We were made to testify. Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.” (John 15:16) “Go!” If you are as stubborn as a rock and remain still. Then a rock will show more life than you when you are still.
