"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession." (1 Timothy 6:13)
Young Timothy also had "professed a good profession same word as 'confession' before many witnesses", evidently of similar substance and quality to that in the witness of Christ before Pilate. When the Jews urged Pilate to condemn Jesus to death, their charge was that "he made himself the Son of God". Pilate gave Jesus opportunity to deny this charge and save His life, "but Jesus gave him no answer". Both by His silence, when a denial of the charge could have saved Him, and by His open testimony before Pilate that He was, in fact, a King from heaven itself--indeed "the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords", it becomes clear that our own "good confession" must be a confession of our faith in Jesus Christ as Son of God, our Savior and Lord, especially when that confession is made openly before hostile witnesses.
Jesus said: "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven", shall we deny the Father or shall we be like young timothy. I would rather be like Peter to die first than to die Christ. I can only speak for myself, but to live without Christ is not to live at all. For He is my everything without him I'm nothing.
Young Timothy also had "professed a good profession same word as 'confession' before many witnesses", evidently of similar substance and quality to that in the witness of Christ before Pilate. When the Jews urged Pilate to condemn Jesus to death, their charge was that "he made himself the Son of God". Pilate gave Jesus opportunity to deny this charge and save His life, "but Jesus gave him no answer". Both by His silence, when a denial of the charge could have saved Him, and by His open testimony before Pilate that He was, in fact, a King from heaven itself--indeed "the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords", it becomes clear that our own "good confession" must be a confession of our faith in Jesus Christ as Son of God, our Savior and Lord, especially when that confession is made openly before hostile witnesses.
Jesus said: "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven", shall we deny the Father or shall we be like young timothy. I would rather be like Peter to die first than to die Christ. I can only speak for myself, but to live without Christ is not to live at all. For He is my everything without him I'm nothing.
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