Evidence From Experience

UV 3308/10000 Evidence from Experience
I am writing about what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life ( the One who existed even before the beginning of the world, Christ.

I John 1 v 1


John gives the reason for his writing the epistle that has come down to us as I John. Since he had experienced Christ, His love, His mercy, His grace, His power first hand, since he had a tangible and personal experience of Christ, he wished to leave his account as a permanent record, an eternal witness. John understood the mystery of His pre-existence before His birth on earth and from the beginning even before a conception of time came into existence. Even today, we need to experience Christ, to see, hear, touch Him, though not in a physical sense. We experience the Lord first hand when we receive answers to our most fervent prayers.

Having experienced the love, wisdom mercy, grace, power and peace of Christ, we cannot remain mute but must be faithful and vocal witnesses like John. There are many ways to testify- by speaking, by writing, by singing and other creative ways. Like a faithful and truthful witness, there is neither need for exaggeration or under statement. Like the blind man healed on a Sabbath by Jesus who said, “ That I do not know but one thing I know- I once was blind but now I see.” We need not speak about things we do not know or know too little of.

The other day I sent my story of the experience of Christ to what is known as the Wall of Answered Prayer to be built of one million bricks, each brick symbolizing an answered prayer. When motorists on the nearby highway see this, they must know that one million people cannot be lying about what they had experienced. Unlike the witnesses in a court room who testify about crimes like theft or robbery or rape, we are positive witnesses, we are not mere eye witnesses but witnesses of experiences and encounters with Christ. We speak of healings and blessings received, lives changed, lives rescued, people delivered, desperate needs met miraculously. We speak so that others would be likewise blessed. Eyewitnesses in court rooms give evidence that lead to convictions of criminals while our witness leads to conviction of eternal life and truth.