What Does the Bible say about Witnessing?

Answer 1

That we are to wittness to the entire world. First off, we are to know God and His word And, we are to live the truth of God as well as speak it. We are to wittness to everyone about the plan of God for salvation, and to show them that by the power of God, it can be done, that we may live as Jesus lived,without sin, by the annointing power of the Holy Spirit, which comes to us because of the blood Jesus shed on the cross, and by being BORN AGAIN. Then we will be living holy, obedient lives unto the Lord. God says to tell all pppl and show them the way, thru Jesus Christ. Some will accept Jesus and some will reject Him, as they did even as He preached on earth. Remember they even wanted to kill Him. Truth brings conviction and most dont want that. But, God says He gave us a spirit of Hope, not a spirit of fear, and we are to live truth and speak it, and have no fear. Do it with boldness and without compromise, and let the Holy Spirit do the convincting. Thats not our job. The ones who accept Jesus will be blessed and the ones that reject Him have only hell ahead of them, but it is a choice we each have to make. But so many nowadays tiptoe with the gospel as tho not to offend. Thats not Bliblcal. Jesus never tiptoed, and we are told to do what He did. Jesus is coming soon to take us home, there is no time left to tiptoe with the gospel, and we never should have been doing that. The devil sure doesnt tiptoe with his lies and confusion. So many dont know Jesus yet, and we must go forth and tell them. We will be loved ror it and we will be mocked for it and hated for it, just like they did Jesus. That is not our concern. As long as God is pleased with us, then we are on the right track. We speak it in LOVE always, but not tiptoeing, and not ever with any form of compromise. Grace will not cover continued, deliberate sin. That makes a mocker of grace, and Jesus death upon the cross. He came to free of from sin, not give us freedom to sin. Get out the good news all of you that know. JESUS IS COMING AGAIN SOON< LETS CHOOSE SOON AND WISELY WHO WE SerVE> Christians, lets build each other up too to press on with this message for Jesus Christ. How can we do any less for Him? He sacrificed unto death for us. How dare we cry or whine at having to wittness and live the truths of God. Its pure joy and pleasure to live only for the Lod. We need new hearts of conviction, new revelation, reneal and restoration.. obedience is the key.
Leads to blessing and disobedience leads to curse.
Jesus can break every curse that comes upon us. Lets dont sound down and defeated, as we are not. WE are to be victorious Christians, overcoming sin, just as He did, and He gives us the power to do that. I count it all as JOY.
God bless you again for always another thought provoking question.. You will be so very blessed as I am sure you already are. No weapon formed again you will prosper, because you are truly a child of God.

Answer 2

Yes, Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for their effective house-to-house ministry. But why do they go from house to house? Jesus Christ gave his followers this meaningful commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.” (Matthew 28:19, 20) The principal way in which that work would be done became evident immediately after the day of Pentecost 33 C.E. (Acts 5:42) Some 20 years later, the apostle Paul was engaging in the house-to-house ministry, for he reminded Christian elders from the city of Ephesus. (Acts 20:20.) Commenting on Paul’s words at Acts 20:20, in 1844 Abiel Abbot Livermore wrote: “He was not content merely to deliver discourses in the public assembly, and dispense with other instrumentalities, but zealously pursued his great work in private, from house to house, and literally carried home the truth of heaven to the hearths and hearts of the Ephesians.” More recently, it has been observed: “House to house dissemination of the gospel characterized the first-century Christians from the beginning (cf. Acts 2:46; 5:42). . . . [Paul] had thoroughly discharged his responsibility both to Jews and Gentiles at Ephesus, and they were left without excuse if they perished in their sins.”—The Wesleyan Bible Commentary, Volume 4, pages 642-3.

God’s abundant blessing upon his present-day servants leaves no doubt that he is pleased to have them bear the name Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Isaiah 43:10-12) Moreover, they are Christ’s witnesses too, for Jesus told his followers: “You will receive power when the holy spirit arrives upon you, and you will be witnesses of me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the most distant part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) So witnessing is the responsibility of everyone who makes a dedication to Jehovah God in prayer through Jesus Christ.

15 It has been said of witnessing: “It involved the entire church. The missionary enterprise of the early church was not the responsibility of the Women’s Missionary Society or the Foreign Mission Board. Nor was the work of witnessing left to professionals like elders, deacons, or even apostles. . . . In those early days the church was mission. The missionary program of the early church was based on two assumptions: (1) The chief task of the church is world evangelization. (2) The responsibility for carrying out this task rests with the entire Christian community.”—J. Herbert Kane.

In house-to-house witnessing and other forms of their ministry, Jehovah’s Witnesses joyously direct their hearers to the new world God has promised. Its foretold blessings of endless life far surpass the fondest dreams of today’s would-be builders of a new world order. (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1-4) Though it would seem that everyone would want to live in God’s wonderful new world, that is not the case. However, let us next consider some effective ways in which Jehovah’s servants can teach those seeking eternal life.

Answer 3

Really, everyone who respects and obeys Jesus Christ goes from door to door to teach his neighbors about the Bible's good news. It is interesting that only Jehovah's Witnesses are so clearly identified with the preaching work; globally more than 6 million preach publicly each month.

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.

(Acts 5:42) Every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus.

(Acts 20:20) I did not hold back ...from teaching you publicly and from house to house


It's sad when someone who claims to respect the bible actually insults or even advocates attacking a peaceful preacher. Sad but completely expected.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching... You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.


Really, if someone goes out of their way to disregard Christian preachers and preaching, what is he saying about himself?

(Luke 10:1-17) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos... “He that listens to you listens to me too. And he that disregards you disregards me too. Moreover, he that disregards me disregards also him that sent me forth.”


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Answer 4

Jesus did it. And he sent out his disciples to do it.
That is how Christianity got started. Door to door and word of mouth.

We are to preach, then teach, then baptize.
This is not our will but God's will.

Answer 5

Subject: Christian Good Works

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Answer 6

“This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.”—Matt. 24:14.

EARLY Christians did not simply think of theirs as just another religion, one they personally happened to prefer. Not at all! They firmly believed that they possessed the truth about Jehovah God and his purposes, and that others needed this knowledge for salvation. (John 17:3) Their conviction moved them to vigorous preaching activity. The inspired Bible record says: “Every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus.” (Acts 5:42) Do you, too, profess to be a Christian? If so, do you exhibit this same zeal and enthusiasm for sharing in the preaching work? Is Kingdom preaching really a required activity for true Christians?

The founder of Christianity, Jesus Christ, viewed the preaching work in this way; in fact, as the primary reason why he came to earth. He explained to his followers: “Let us go somewhere else, into the village towns nearby, that I may preach there also, for it is for this purpose I have gone out.” (Mark 1:38) And showing clearly what message it was that he came to preach, he said: “I must declare the good news of the kingdom of God, because for this I was sent forth.”—Luke 4:43; 8:1.

Yes, Kingdom preaching was Jesus’ primary work; it was God’s purpose for him to advertise this heavenly government that will eventually rid the earth of all unrighteousness, and will see that God’s will is done here.

Included in Jesus’ work was the training of his followers to share in Kingdom preaching. This, too, was to be their primary work. Jesus indicated this when he instructed twelve of those to whom he had given special training: “As you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.’” The Kingdom could be said to have “drawn near” because the designated king of God’s heavenly kingdom, Jesus Christ, was then in their midst. So Jesus told his disciples to call right at the homes of the people with this vital message. He even explained to them how to greet the household and present the Kingdom message. Later, he sent out seventy trained disciples with similar instructions. (Matt. 10:5-7, 11-14; Luke 10:1-11) Even after his death and resurrection, Jesus appeared to his followers to urge them to carry on the preaching.

OF ALL those who claim to be Christian, only Jehovah’s Witnesses take the preaching of the good news seriously. They form the only group in which every member feels a personal obligation to approach his neighbor on a regular basis in order to talk to him about God’s purposes. Why is this? Because each Witness feels that, as a Christian, he must be a footstep follower of Christ. (1 Peter 2:21) "In fact, to this [course] YOU were called, because even Christ suffered for YOU, leaving YOU a model for YOU to follow his steps closely" So you see we are suppose to follow Jesus closely!

Before ascending to heaven, Jesus commissioned his followers to continue the preaching work and even to expand it. He commanded them: “Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations . . . teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:19, 20)

Some have said that the command to make disciples, given at Matthew 28:19, 20, was given only to the apostles and therefore does not apply to Christians in general. But notice what Jesus said: “Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations . . . teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.” Jesus’ followers were to teach new disciples to observe all the things Jesus commanded. And one of the things he commanded was to ‘go and make disciples.’ Surely, all new disciples would have to be taught to observe this particular command too.

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Answer 7

He who wins souls is wise