 A Testimony for or against something is a Powerful thing. It affects the Opinions of the Hearers in one direction or another. 
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In a court of Law it can determine a verdict of Guilty or Innocent .
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In marketing a Testimony can sway the undecided to Purchase a product.
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In a Church meeting it can Edify the Hearers .
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To the Unbeliever a Testimony can plant a Seed producing Faith .
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To a Believer it Enables us to Overcome the Enemy :
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 Revelation 12:11 <br><i>
And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb , and by the Word of their Testimony 
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To a Disciple it is a Duty :
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 Acts 1:8 <br><i>
But ye shall Receive Power , after that the HolyGhost is come upon You : and ye shall be Witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in All Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.</i>
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Our Testimony of Jesus is our Light . We are to let it shine.
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 Luke 11:33 <br><i>
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret Place , neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may See the Light .</i>
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 Darkness is the absence of Light . All that has to happen for Darkness to set in is for the Light to go out.
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 Matthew 5:14 <br><i>
Ye are the Light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.</i>
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While Jesus was in the world He was the Light . Now that He is at the Right hand of the Father , we are the Light of the world. Our Testimony bears Witness to the Truth and Grace of God through Christ Jesus .
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Your Family Needs your Testimony . Your friends Need your Testimony . Your community Needs your Testimony . Our Nation Needs our Testimony . The world Needs our Testimony .
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 1 John 3:17 <br><i>
But whoso hath this world’s Good , and seeth his brother have Need , and shutteth up his bowels of Compassion from him, how dwelleth the Love of God in him?</i>
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Demonstrate the Love of God in You with your Testimony to those in need.
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<b>Definition</b>: <i>evidence in support of a Fact or statement; proof</i>
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<b>First occurrence</b>: Exodus 16:34 <br><i>
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony , to be kept.</i>
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<b>Old Testament</b>
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<li> Exodus 25:22 <br><i>
And there I Will meet with thee, and I Will commune with thee from above the Mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the Ark of the Testimony , of All things which I Will Give thee in Commandment unto the Children of Israel.</i>
<li> Exodus 26:34 <br><i>
And thou shalt put the Mercy seat upon the Ark of the Testimony in the most Holy place.</i>
<li> Exodus 31:18 <br><i>
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two Tables of Testimony , Tables of stone, written with the finger of God.</i>
<li> Exodus 40:21 <br><i>
And he brought the Ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the Ark of the Testimony ; as the LORD commanded Moses.</i>
<li> Numbers 1:50 <br><i>
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of Testimony , and over All the Vessels thereof, and over All things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and All the Vessels thereof; and they shall Minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.</i>
<li> Psalm 19:7 <br><i>
The Law of the LORD is Perfect , converting the Soul : the Testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.</i>
<li> Psalm 119:88 <br><i>
Quicken me after thy Lovingkindness ; so shall I keep the Testimony of thy mouth.</i>
<li> Psalm 132:12 <br><i>
If thy Children Will keep my Covenant and my Testimony that I shall Teach them, their Children shall also sit upon thy Throne for evermore.</i>
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<b>New Testament </b>
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<li> Matthew 10:18 <br><i>
And ye shall be brought before governors and Kings for my sake, for a Testimony against them and the Gentiles.</i>
<li> Mark 1:44 <br><i>
And saith unto him, See thou Say nothing to any man: but go thy Way , shew thyself to the Priest , and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a Testimony unto them.</i>
<li> Mark 6:11 <br><i>
And whosoever shall not Receive You , nor Hear You , when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a Testimony against them. Verily I Say unto You , It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of Judgment , than for that city.</i>
<li> Luke 21 <br><i>
12 But before All these, they shall lay their hands on You , and persecute You , delivering You up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before Kings and Rulers for my name`s sake.
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13 And it shall turn to You for a Testimony .
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14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to Meditate before what ye shall answer:
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15 For I Will Give You a Mouth and Wisdom , which All your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. </i>
<li> John 3 <br><i>
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his Testimony . <br>
33 He that hath Received his Testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.</i>
<li> Acts 14:3 <br><i>
Long Time therefore abode they Speaking Boldly in the Lord , which gave Testimony unto the Word of his Grace , and granted Signs and Wonders to be done by their hands.</i>
<li> 1 Corinthians 1:6
Even as the Testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:</i>
<li> 2 Timothy 1:8 <br><i>
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the Testimony of our Lord , nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the Power of God ;</i>
<li> Revelation 1:2 <br><i>
Who bare record of the Word of God , and of the Testimony of Jesus Christ , and of All things that he saw.</i>
<li> Revelation 1:9 <br><i>
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in Tribulation , and in the Kingdom and Patience of Jesus Christ , was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the Word of God , and for the Testimony of Jesus Christ .</i>
<li> Revelation 6:9 <br><i>
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the Altar the Souls of them that were slain for the Word of God , and for the Testimony which they held:</i>
<li> Revelation 12:11 <br><i>
And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb , and by the Word of their Testimony ; and they loved not their Lives unto the death.</i>
<li> Revelation 12:17 <br><i>
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make War with the remnant of her Seed , which keep the Commandments of God , and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ .</i>
<li> Revelation 15:5 <br><i>
And after that I looked, and, Behold , the temple of the tabernacle of the Testimony in Heaven was opened:</i>
<li> Revelation 19:10 <br><i>
And I fell at his feet to Worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the Testimony of Jesus : Worship God : for the Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy.</i>
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