On that Day, when every soul shall stand before the Great White Throne, there will be no room for excuses, no argument left to make, no final plea to overturn truth. The Judge of all the earth will do right (Genesis 18:25), and He will do so not by assumption, but by righteousness and justice. No man will have an excuse.
Since at the mouth of two or three witnesses a fact is established, God has ensured that He is not the only witness although all 3 of His persons are a Witness. You see, God’s judgement is not impulsive. It is rooted in unshakable justice and divine procedure. He has designed a system so complete, so layered, that none can wiggle out of it. Every action, every thought, every opportunity granted or squandered—there are witnesses to it. Not just one, but many.
God Has Not Left Himself Without Witness
God never leaves Himself without a witness (Acts 14:17). He raised prophets (Acts 10:43), apostles (Acts 1:8), and martyrs (Rev. 6:9–11). He sent angels as witnesses (1 Tim. 5:21), used feasts (Ex. 12:14), pillars of cloud (Ex. 13:21), and even the Ark of the Covenant (Num. 17:10) as visual, living reminders of His truth. But in the end, the clearest witness God gave was Himself. Jesus, the faithful and true Witness (Rev. 1:5), stood before Pilate and said, “To this end was I born… to bear witness unto the truth” (John 18:37). And when He left, He sent another—“Allos Parakletos”—the Holy Spirit, who also bears witness (Rom. 8:16). The goal of the mystery of witnesses is not to scare you—it is to humble us before grace, while time still speaks.
Jesus said in John 5:31–39 that there were multiple witnesses to His identity: John the Baptist, His own works, the Father, the Scriptures. Even the religious people who refused Him had witnesses shouting all around them. Yet they would not come to Him to have life. And now, you and I—we who believe—have been enlisted as witnesses (Acts 1:8). Romans 1:20 says that “the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. Romans 1:20 says that “since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse” Creation itself is a witness. The stars you admired, the sun that warmed your skin, the breeze that whispered peace—all testified to a Creator. Psalm 19 says, “Day unto day uttereth speech… there is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.”
Even if a man lived and died without hearing the name of Jesus, creation already stood as witness. But God didn’t stop there. Romans 2:15 (who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) shows that conscience is also a witness—a moral compass embedded into every human soul. And when conscience speaks, it does so with the authority of the One who gave it. In Acts 17, Paul stood before pagan philosophers in Athens, and pointed to their altar “To the Unknown God.” They had a witness. Even their own poets had spoken about what they didn’t yet understand. So, Paul, a man of flesh and blood, came as another witness—not to replace the others, but to make them undeniable.
The Undeniability of Witnesses
You don’t know God’s Will? You’re lying. It is written in God’s Word, and the Bible is a witness that God’s Will has been made known in simple plain language. The Law of Moses will stand (Deut. 31:26). The Book of the Law will testify (Josh. 24:26). Remember the parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus? The rich man told Abraham to send Lazarus so he testifies to his brothers. Abraham said they have Moses and the prophets. Moses refers to the Law, the first 5 books. The Prophets refer to Joshua all the way to Malachi. That’s the Bible of that time that Abraham is referring to.
The Sabbath will rise up, saying, “I was a sign between God and man” (Ex. 31:13). Memorial stones, covenants, sacrifices, altars—all the tangible elements of obedience and remembrance will speak. Do you know the earth is a witness? That tree near your bed has been watching what you do in “secret”. The animal God predestined to come and live with your family. Your silence in the face of Truth will scream louder than the lies you once believed. Every time you heard a sermon and ignored it, every Gospel tract you tossed aside, every conviction you numbed—those were witnesses too. Jesus said, “By your words, you will be justified, and by your words, you will be condemned” (Matt. 12:37). The very words you spoke will bear testimony. Your life’s story will not need narration. It will unfold in divine court with perfect recall.
The Gravity of Witness
We won’t all be judged the same but we will all be judged by the same standard. Some have more witnesses than others but none is without witness. Jesus said “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.” That means those who had fewer witnesses but did not believe have the right to testify against those who had more witnesses.
Some witnesses are also greater than others. It’s not simply about the number of witnesses but the gravity of them. The Word of God is a greater witness than my personal experiences. The generation that saw Jesus in the flesh had a greater witness than those of us who have never seen but believed. Jesus told them, “a greater than Solomon is here” but they still rejected Him.
If There Are Many Witnesses, Why Do We Still Need to Preach the Gospel?
Yes, creation speaks. Yes, conscience convicts. But God, in His mercy, still sends messengers (Romans 10:14–17). Because the clearest, most relatable witness is one clothed in flesh like you. The Gospel must be preached not because the other witnesses are insufficient, but because love insists we make it plain. If someone drowns while ignoring a clear warning sign, the law holds no one else responsible for their demise. But if someone drowns while a rescuer was standing nearby and did nothing, justice must ask why. Preach, because you are a witness. Refuse to, and you might find yourself standing before God without an excuse.
Ezekiel 3:18 and 19 says, “When I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to tell him to turn from his wicked way to save his life, that same evil man will die in his sin, but you will be responsible for his blood. [19] However, if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he will die in his sin; but you have freed yourself [from responsibility]. See, an angel appeared to Cornelius and had him send for flesh and blood Peter to bear simple plain witness of God’s truth. Think about that!
Paul said that God already proved that resurrection is a reality with trees from the beginning of time. I Corinthians 15:36 says “what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.” But how will you know, although you’ve seen it several times, unless you’re clearly told? We still need to preach the Gospel still as Romans 10:9-17 says because we have been made witnesses unto Christ (Acts 1:8). Our witness as flesh and blood to flesh and blood is the clearest and most straightforward because we see in Acts 17 when Paul visited Athens and realised they had a witness of God within them and even in their secular poems and had built an altar to that “Unknown God”. Their conscience bore witness to God but they did not know Him until Paul came to preach the Gospel to add flesh and blood to the already real witness.
No One Has No Excuse Whatsoever
On Judgement Day, There Will Be No Excuse. All these witnesses exist not to condemn you but to make judgement fair. And make no mistake—judgement will be fair, not equal. God won’t compare the one who received five talents with the one who received two (Matthew 25:15). But to whom much is given, much will be required (Luke 12:48). Whether you heard the Gospel or didn’t, you had a witness. Whether you obeyed or didn’t, someone saw, and the One who judges has all the evidence. Today, you still have a chance to respond to the witnesses. Tomorrow, the witnesses will respond to you.
The signs and wonders Jesus decreed to follow us was not for fun. It was for a witness that He indeed has power over death. It is the signs that convinced Nicodemus that Jesus was from God. Jesus said vividly that if people won’t believe the greater witness, they should, at least, believe the works He did. On that Day, every mouth will be silenced (Romans 3:19), not out of intimidation, but because every claim will be answered, every denial is disproved. What will silence men will not be fire and thunder—but truth… layered, consistent, undeniable truth. The Witnesses will speak, and God will be just in all His judgments.
Everything on Record has a Witness
The sin David committed with Bathsheba and tried to hide has been made known so clearly to so many generations in the Scriptures. You can’t hide your secret sins from the One who sees all and knows all. Repent! A movie scene may only have one person in it but there’s an entire crew behind the scenes. It’s the same with us. You may be sinning in secret but there are entire witnesses in the realms of the Spirit watching you vividly.
This is why we must live with a consciousness of witnesses even now. The Bible says we are “surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1). Heaven watches. Earth bears record. Angels observe. Your conscience records. Even Satan knows the legality of everything fail to do. Nothing is hidden from the great court above. This is also why we must treasure the Witness within us. The Holy Spirit is not just a comforter but a Witness who affirms; one who convicts, reminds, warns, and testifies. Every moment you obey, He bears witness. Every time you resist temptation, you are rewarded. But every time you harden your heart, you build a case against yourself.
You still have time to come to Him now—not tomorrow, now. Because once time ends, the case will be closed… and all that will be left are the witnesses to testify against you. Make peace now before the courtroom convenes. Come to the Light before the lamps go out. Respond to this witness I have given before you are judged by them. Give yourself wholly to God. You were told. Selah.
