Episode 68 - Credible Witness

As followers of Christ we are tasked with making Him known by spreading the gospel to all. For this, we need to be credible witnesses. Chief Apostle Schneider talked about the attributes that contribute to being effective, credible witnesses of Christ:

1.Confident: We show that we are secure in Christ, no matter what. This confidence grows through experiences of faith, when we deepen our knowledge of Christ, through the divine services and reading the Bible, and through our knowledge of our doctrine and Catechism. 
2.Resist evil: Once we know Christ, we are confident in fighting evil, as we promised in our Confirmation. 
3.Remain humble: We are humble before the Lord. We recognize that everything good comes from Him and we are dependent upon Him. 
4.Unbound by material things: We are thankful for the things in life that are granted to us, but we understand that they are not the substance of our life. We must also be unbound from our honor, which sometimes prevents us from asking or granting forgiveness, so that we can really be a repentant sinner, and really practice loving our neighbor.
5.Filled with the love of God: The love of Christ should be in us and shine out of us. When the love of Christ is in us, we are not judgmental or hypercritical.  

As Christians, we stumble on all of these things, but we can take our stumbling to God and ask the Lord to help us to be credible witnesses of Him.