TBC means “To Be Continued” and this picks up where we left off yesterday.
What about the rest of the community that can see the change but did not pray to Jesus for our change? They can see the change but without faith they have no way to know it was Jesus who changes us. How do we express the changes in us that Jesus made without sounding crazy? “He spit on your tongue and put His fingers in your ears? Get out of here, that’s crazy.”
That is an exaggeration and silly. For those who have no faith but have seen the change, when asked we may be received as a witness of the power of God for the changed. We might not for many see the power to change is one of the mind, to think it necessary to change by whatever means. A 12 step program or yoga are ways to change that do not glorify God and the point to being a witness is to glorify God.
Being a creditable witness requires us to tell the truth without the hype. It becomes that much more difficult when we try to witness Christ to people who did not know us before the change.
John 10:37-38 English Standard Version
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
Give glory to God but understand that in doing so every action taken in obedience of faith will be judged by a world that doubts us in every way possible. We must not fear judgment by others, it will come. The alternative is to fail in the command to be a witness in the world.
“If you love me….” JC
The quality of our love is what is being judged.