Personal Experience and Witness Are Important

After the woman of Capernaum had been healed by the touch of faith, Jesus desired her to acknowledge the blessing she had received. The gifts that the gospel offers are not to be secured by stealth or enjoyed in secret.MHH 46.4

“‘You are My witnesses,’ says the Lord,
‘That I am God.’”
Isaiah 43:12.MHH 46.5

Our confession of His faithfulness is Heaven’s chosen agency for revealing Christ to the world. We are to acknowledge His grace as made known through His people of old, but that which will be most effectual is the testimony of our own experience. We are witnesses for God as we reveal in ourselves the working of a power that is divine. Every individual has a life distinct from all others and an experience differing essentially from theirs. God desires that our praise shall ascend to Him, marked with our own individuality. These precious acknowledgments to the praise of the glory of His grace, when supported by a Christlike life, have an irresistible power that works for the salvation of souls.MHH 46.6

It is for our own benefit to keep every gift of God fresh in our memory. By this means our faith is strengthened to claim and receive more blessings. There is greater encouragement for us in the least blessing we ourselves receive from God than in all the accounts we can read of the faith and experience of others. Souls that respond to the grace of God shall be like a watered garden. Their health shall spring forth speedily; their light shall rise in obscurity, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen upon them.MHH 47.1

“What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?”
“Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
Or can declare all His praise?”
“Oh, give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.
Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works.”
Psalm 116:12; 106:2; 105:1, 2. See also Psalm 45:17; 56:11-13; 63:3-7; 71:5, 6, 22-24; 104:33, 34.MHH 47.2