October 18
Isaiah 43:10: Ye are my
witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know
and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me.
Believers born of God are the LORD’s
witnesses that we may know, believe and understand who Christ is. A
witness knows by personal, firsthand experience the facts of a matter. Were it not for God’s eternal election no one
would ever know Christ, believe Christ or understand that Christ is God
eternal, the Lord, the only Savior (Col 1:12-19). Before even the first day of
the creation our great I AM purposed how Christ would save his elect
people. Our Savior has spoken by all the
prophets from the beginning. He has saved and showed his power and wisdom to
save throughout the ages by not letting one of his everlastingly loved children
be plucked from his hand. Christ came
forth exactly on time and has made atonement for every elect child of God by
his accomplished redemption through his blood. The Spirit of God came and
showed us through his gospel what Christ had done for us so that we rest in him
(2 Tim 1:9-10). Therefore, ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.