Joshua Boyd
The New Testament church grew exponentially, not because they had exciting speakers and large meetings, but because everyone had something to say, something to share, a story to tell, a testimony.
If we looked at the early church with the lens of 2024, we might ask about their marketing campaign, online presence or numbers strategy. They did not have any of that on their minds. What they did do spread Christianity across the known world. They shared the gospel.
In the modern church, we think of the word testimony as a praise report we give in a service. That’s true. What is a testimony in a court case? It is someone who goes in front of others and gives a statement attempting to prove what their side wants. The Greek word for testimony is martyrion and means something evidential or evidence given.
In the law, a person could not be convicted of breaking the law unless there were at least two testimonies, or two pieces of evidence given.
Deuteronomy 19:15
“You must not convict anyone of a crime on the testimony of only one witness. The facts of the case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Paul reiterated the enforcement of more than one witness when he said:
2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
