Witness

            In the New Testament Christ calls the Apostles and the disciples to witness. A witness is a person who directly demonstrates the truth of what he proclaims directly. The performative gesture of witnessing includes more than the simple message it conveys, because it is primarily a demonstration of inwardness, of who I am as a self before God. The point here is that it is a poor proclamation of Christianity that occurs only in words, in direct communication. Why? Because Christianity can be communicated only by witnesses that is, by those who existentially express what is said, actualize it. Being a Christian is, without a doubt, neither more nor less than being a martyr. Because martyr bears a witness to God. Every Christian, that is, every true Christian, is a martyr.Suffering for the truth is the only possible awakening.

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