Bible Questions Answered-Testimony

Bible Questions Answered:
Recently I was in a different church were people popped up and shouted out testimonies, and testimonials were called for. I have never seen anything like this and it made me feel uncomfortable to be sure, what should a person believe regarding these kind of practices?
Lance/Charles City, Virgina/USA

Bible Answers:

Testimony: A declaration or statement made under oath or affirmation by a witness in a court, often in response to questioning, to establish a fact. Any affirmation or declaration. (New World Dictionary of American English)

The Bible answer as will be seen by the scriptures listed below, is that, “no-Christian,” can be truly so called, unless he or she is a public witness, of one kind or another.
There is absolutely “no-such-thing,” as a closet Christian.
You may not have been used to hearing, or seeing individuals testify publicly of their faith, but this is something every Christian, must do, in one form or another!

Romans 10:9,10 KJV
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Although a Christian, is definitely not saved, by works- - - “Religious-or otherwise,” but neither are we saved “from,” doing them!

Ehesians 2:8,9 KJV
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Confession of Faith:

Matthew 10:27,32,33 KJV
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.

Mark 8:38 KJV
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.

Luke 12:8,9 KJV
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God:
9 But he that denieth Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

Philippians 2:11 KJV
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

II Timothy 2:12 KJV
If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will deny us:

II Timothy 4:2 KJV
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

I John 2:22,23 KJV
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

I John 4:15 KJV
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.


Biblical Confessions:

Ethiopian Eunuch:
Acts 8:37 KJV
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest (Baptism). And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Martha:
John 11:27 KJV
She saith unto Him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

Nathanael:
John 1:49 KJV
Nathanael answered and saith unto Him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

Peter:
Matthew 16:16 KJV
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Thomas:
John 20:28 KJV
And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My LORD and my God.

Woman of Samaria:
John 4:29 KJV
Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?


How long, and how far, should be our confession?

Psalm 96:3 KJV
Declare His glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.

Mark 13:10 KJV
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

Mark 16:15,16 KJV
15 And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Acts 1:8 KJV (Early believers, Disciples, Mary, and one hundred and seven others.)
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.

Matthew 24:14 KJV
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.