A witness provided a testimony. A witness for God would provide the testimony
of truth in the name of Christ, who is truth. (John 14:6) Thus, one is a witness for both God and Christ,
since Jesus was the Word, the Logos, (John 1:1,7) and gave testimony, a
witness, to the word of God, and God Himself. And God
gave testimony to the Son. (Isa 55:1-5; John 1:7; 1 John 1:5)
“Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is
greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son. 10Whoever
believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him;
whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he
has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.” 1 John
5:9-10
“You are my witnesses”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my servant whom I have CHOSEN,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
No god was formed before me,
and there will be none after me.” Isa
43:10
"The people I formed for myself (for
God) will declare my PRAISE. Isa 43:21
“But you are a CHOSEN race,* a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you
may proclaim the PRAISES of the one who called you out of darkness into
his marvelous light. Once you were not a
people, but now you are God's people; you had not received
mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
1 Pet 2:9,10
“As you come to him, a living stone—rejected by people but
CHOSEN and honored by God— 5 you
yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy
priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to
God through Jesus Christ. 1 Pet 2:4-5
The chosen priesthood belongs to God. But Jesus said, “All that belongs to the
Father is mine.” (John 16:15) And, “You
did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and
bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the
Father will give you.” (John 15:16)
Bearing witness “in the name of Jesus”, is the same as
bearing witness in the name of the Father.
Jesus carried the name of the Father while on earth, in his name.
“Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word
to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their
faith. Therefore, through him (through
Jesus Christ) let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of
PRAISE, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his
name. 16 Don’t neglect to do what is good and to
share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.” Hebrews 13:7,15
Mal 2:7 - For the lips of a priest should guard
knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he
is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.”
God’s anointed priests are to give witness to the word of
God, to truth in Jesus Christ. Matt 28:19-20
The apostle Paul: “Nevertheless,
I have written to remind you more boldly on some points because of
the grace given me by God 16 to be a minister of
Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, SERVING AS A PRIEST of the gospel
of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an
acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore
I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus regarding what pertains to
God. Romans 15:15-17
The duties of an anointed priest today is to continues in the way of the early apostles.
1 Cor 4:1 - A person should think of us in this way: as servants
of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.
Except in the Wt., where they are told to be silent and “preach”
only what a wicked slave tells them to, which is their own blasphemous doctrine
- giving “witness” to lies and their idol/organization. (Rev
18:4-8)