Witness Jesus - Gary Massey
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Lesson Summary
The class began with an enthusiastic welcome from Guest Speaker Gary Massey, who introduced the theme “Witness Jesus” by unpacking 1 John 1:1‑5. He highlighted how the apostle John repeatedly emphasizes personal experience—what he heard, saw, looked at, and touched—to provide undeniable evidence of the Word of Life. By drawing parallels to legal evidence, Gary showed that Christianity offers primary, eyewitness testimony that validates the reality of Jesus. Throughout the lesson, Gary illustrated the importance of this testimony with vivid anecdotes, including a courtroom‑style story about an Elvis death witness and his own experience at the Teton Family Encampment. He reminded the congregation that the apostles were commissioned to be witnesses from Jerusalem to the farthest reaches of the earth. The class concluded with a call for believers to become modern witnesses, sharing the tangible, evidence‑based truth of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, and to let that testimony shine as the light of God in a dark world.
Key Scriptures
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands concerning the word of life.