【双语灵修】具感染力的CONTAGIOUS
使徒行传 8:1-8
从这日起，耶路撒冷的教会大遭逼迫，除了使徒以外，门徒都分散在犹太和撒马利亚各处。有虔诚的人把司提反埋葬了，为他捶胸大哭。扫罗却残害教会，进各人的家，拉着男女下在监里。那些分散的人往各处去传道。腓利下撒马利亚城去，宣讲基督。众人听见了，又看见腓利所行的神迹，就同心合意地听从他。因为有许多人被污鬼喊叫着从他们身上出来，又有许多瘫痪的、瘸腿的都得了医治。在那城里，就大有欢喜。
11月25日
具感染力的
“那些分散的人，往各处去传道。” - 徒 8:4
一般人其实是如何开始去分享基督为他们所作的事的呢？
我们读到像使徒保罗那样的人所行的，很容易便会以为，只要把一群人聚集在一个露天剧场，发表一篇精彩的演说（《使徒行传》17:22-32），就是向人介绍基督的最好方法。能够在体育馆布道是好的，但这并不是我们大部分人都做得到的，也大概不是我们大部分人最初接触到耶稣的渠道。
从初代教会开始，福音的传播主要是透过一些并不引人注目的方式。当时信徒受到逼迫，被逼离开家园而成为难民，他们在逃难途中遇到很多不同的人。在途中，他们并没有隐瞒逃难的原因：他们讲述自己的故事。很自然便会提及他们在基督里经历到生命的改变，这必然会令听者感兴趣。这就是作见证的最有效方式。
历代历世以来，耶稣基督的教会扩展，都是透过普通人讲述神如何在自己身上作工的故事—往往只是透过简单的闲聊来分享，而不需要精彩的演说。
最近你曾跟谁闲聊，来分享有关基督的信息呢？
祷告
主啊，求你使你的恩典从我身上自然地倾流到我身边的人，帮助我用真实而平凡的方式，去分享你对我生命的影响。阿们。
Acts 8:1-8
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25
CONTAGIOUS
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. —Acts 8:4
How, exactly, does someone go about sharing what Christ has done for them?
It’s easy to read about people like the apostle Paul and conclude that the best way to tell others about Christ is by gathering a crowd in an amphitheater and giving a polished presentation (Acts 17:22-32). Stadium evangelism is probably great work if you can get it, but it’s generally not something most of us will engage in. And it’s probably not how most of us were drawn to Jesus in the first place.
Since the early days of the church, much of the spread of the gospel has happened in unremarkable ways. As believers became refugees, reeling from persecution that drove them from their homes, they encountered many different people along the road. As they went, they made no secret of why they were traveling: they told their stories. Conversations would naturally drift toward the life change they had experienced in Christ, which inevitably sparked interest. That’s how witnessing works best.
Throughout the centuries, the church of Jesus Christ has spread through ordinary people telling their personal stories of what God has done—not necessarily with polished presentations but often simply through small talk.
With whom have you small-talked about Christ recently?
Lord, let your grace in me overflow naturally to the people around me. Help me to share the story of your work in my life in authentic, ordinary ways. Amen.