{"id":6270,"date":"2023-04-13T09:48:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2023-04-13T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:48:34","slug":"michael-w-smith-testifies-that-jesus-is-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/04\/michael-w-smith-testifies-that-jesus-is-the-answer.html","title":{"rendered":"Michael W. Smith Testifies That &#8220;Jesus is the Answer&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6276\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6276\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2023\/04\/michael-w-smith-credit-debby-wong-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"michael w smith\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debby Wong\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christian singer Michael W. Smith recently teamed up with legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli for a new movie where he sings about his faith in Jesus and testifies about it. \u201cThe Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli,\u201d produced by TBN, a Christian broadcasting network, was in theatres from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The film followed Bocelli and his wife as they traveled through the Italian countryside on horseback, discussing hope and faith with family and friends, including Smith. Smith told The Christian Post at the film\u2019s premiere, \u201cHe\u2019s got a huge following, and he\u2019s an extraordinary talent, to say the least, and people pay attention. When you got a faith intersecting with culture, and it\u2019s hopeful, it\u2019s pretty extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith continued, \u201cI think it\u2019s a great opportunity to be able to tell people what the truth really is. What\u2019s the truth do every time? It sets you free! There are a lot of people who are desperate. It\u2019s been a rough two years, and people have been isolated, and they\u2019re looking for the truth in all the wrong places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/http:%2F%2Fthejourney.movie\/1\/0100018728ac3a69-30f5b88a-4ce5-43fe-841a-a06bae243a88-000000\/Kue0sd7wgu6wfwIoFz4N0fSvAgE=315\">The Journey<\/a>\u201d featured performances from Bocelli, Smith and other famous singers and musicians, including 2CELLOS, Tori Kelly, Clara Barbier Serrano, Tauren Wells, TAYA, 40 Fingers and Katherine Jenkins, who joined him on a tour of cathedrals and burial sites of the apostles and saints.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJ1n4P5FZY0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Smith also wanted to share a message with the world: \u201cJesus is the answer. That\u2019s just plain and simple. He told The Christian Post, \u201cI think a lot of people maybe have been burned by the church, and they\u2019ve had some not-so-good experiences in church. I\u2019m one of them. But it wasn\u2019t catastrophic for me. Thank God my mom and dad were amazing. But to me, the whole thing is about identity. It\u2019s all about identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legendary worship leader continued, \u201cWhen you fully get this revelation that Jesus really is who He said He was, that He not only loves you, but He actually really likes you. Not only does He like you, but He\u2019s also extremely fond of you; He just wants to have a relationship with you. Everything changes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The West Virginia native said when everything clicks about the truth of God; people see the world from a completely different perspective. He testified, \u201cI am a testimony of one who was dead and got brought back because of my Savior and my Jesus and what He did for me. It\u2019s propelled my. I could have never orchestrated this for four decades I\u2019ve been making music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer also offered advice for anyone trying to figure out how to start their faith journey. He said, \u201cYou\u2019re not here by mistake, and I pray that as you watch this film that something will click. That you\u2019ll reconnect, or connect for the first time, why you are here because you are not here by mistake. I believe there\u2019s a destiny on your life, and I pray that you\u2019ll not only sense it, but you\u2019ll feel something well up inside of you, and then your life is forever changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amctheatres.com\/movies\/the-journey-with-andrea-bocelli-72439\">Click here for more information on &#8220;The Journey.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian singer Michael W. 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