Personal Witness

Truth and the person of Christ

Personal Witness

Jesus Christ is the truth of the universe. Because Jesus is truth, truth in Christ is

(i) personal as well as propositional;

(ii) universal as well as contextual;

(iii) ultimate as well as present.

A) As disciples of Christ we are called to be people of truth.

We must live the truth. To live the truth is to be the face of Jesus, through whom the glory of the gospel is revealed to blinded minds. People will see truth in the faces of those who live their lives for Jesus, in faithfulness and love.
We must proclaim the truth. Spoken proclamation of the truth of the gospel remains paramount in our mission. This cannot be separated from living out the truth. Works and words must go together.

B) We urge church leaders, pastors and evangelists to preach and teach the fullness of the biblical gospel as Paul did, in all its cosmic scope and truth. We must present the gospel not merely as offering individual salvation, or a better solution to needs than other gods can provide, but as God’s plan for the whole universe in Christ. People sometimes come to Christ to meet a personal need, but they stay with Christ when they find him to be the truth.

From the Cape Town Commitment - Part 2, Section IIA, 1

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