If we live near enough to Christ, we live for the Church, not from it. It is not by what we find, but by what we bring that we can serve in Christianity. Living in the good with Him, you carry it in with you into the service and circumstances of the Church. The true effect of being near Christ puts me into fellowship with Himself about others.
"Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth."
Witnesses to Christ
In the gospel of John we have a sevenfold testimony to the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.
* The testimony of John the Baptist:
"Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth" (Ch. 5:33-35).
*The testimony of Christ's works:
"The works which the Father hath given Me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father hath sent Me" (Ch. 5:36).
*The testimony of the Father:
"The Father Himself, which hath sent Me, hath borne witness of Me" (Ch. 5:37).
*The testimony of the Scriptures:
"Search the Scriptures.... They are they which testify of Me" (Ch. 5:39).
*The testimony of Himself:
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true" (Ch. 8:14).
*The testimony of the Holy Spirit:
"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me" (Ch. 15:26).
*The testimony of the disciples:
"And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning" (Ch. 15:27).