The gospel in words: 'Witness'
"Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord." (Isaiah 43:10)
To be a witness is to have knowledge, understanding or wisdom. It is to attest to a fact or event or the action or condition of; being an observer of an event. Witness is also applied to the inward testimony of the conscience. When we bear witness we "show forth evidence of or as to an object of allegiance by faithful speech or conduct." Witness can also mean to furnish evidence or proof of something or to be a sign or mark of, or to betoken (Oxford English Dictionary).
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