聖靈藉著我們來作見證
使徒行傳一章1至8節
1提阿非羅阿，我已經作了前書，論到耶穌開頭一切所行所教訓的，
2直到他藉著聖靈吩咐所揀選的使徒，以後被接上升的日子為止。
3他受害之後，用許多的憑據將自己活活的顯給使徒看，四十天之久向他們顯現，講說神國的事。
4耶穌和他們聚集的時候，囑咐他們說：不要離開耶路撒冷，要等候父所應許的，就是你們聽見我說過的。
5約翰是用水施洗，但不多幾日，你們要受聖靈的洗。
6他們聚集的時候，問耶穌說：主阿，你復興以色列國就在這時候麼？
7耶穌對他們說：父憑著自己的權柄所定的時候、日期，不是你們可以知道的。
8但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力，並要在耶路撒冷、猶太全地，和撒瑪利亞，直到地極，作我的見證。
信息分享
這是新約的總體教導。一個不能為基督作見證的基督徒，實在令人費解，也令人質疑他是不是真正的基督徒。每個基督徒都應該以「作見證」的心態來過每天的生活；這意味著他不單要用言語來為基督作見證，更要身體力行地彰顯基督。
當聖靈住到我們心裡，我們就能夠活出基督的形像，我們的行事為人就能反照基督的形像。我們接受了基督，並將生命的主權交給祂之後，我們的舊我就不能繼續操控我們，別人當然會看見這重大的改變！
然而，我們與別人碰面，可能只有短短幾分鐘的時間與他交談，不可能讓他全面地認識自己；因此，我們就要把握機會，透過交談來與人分享信仰和見證基督。
我們該說甚麼來見證基督呢？我們不必為此操心，只要倚靠聖靈。聖靈既然要我們去見證基督，祂就當然會將該說的話告訴我們了。
基督說：「你們要作我的見證」。我們唯有得著聖靈的能力，才能為基督作見證。願聖靈賜我們能力，讓我們能時刻見證基督。
牢記：
作見證不是一種恩賜，而是一項特權和責任。
WITNESSING THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
Acts 1:1-8
1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Message
This is the teaching of the whole of the New Testament. Actually a Christian who is not witnessing is a contradiction. Witnessing should be a way of life for us all. It is not merely by spoken words that we witness for Christ. It is also by our life day by day.
If the Holy Spirit is allowed to work in our lives, we will be reproductions of Christ. He will be seen in our actions and our reactions. Our old nature will not continue to be victorious. Our new nature, given to us when we accepted Christ, will take the upper place in our lives. Don't you think others will see this?
But no life is good enough, even so, to set forth Christ fully. Therefore the spoken word is also necessary. We may have only a few moments with a person. Our lives could not fully set forth Christ in two minutes or even an hour.
But what should we say? The Holy Spirit will give us the words to say. He wants to speak about Christ through us so he will certainly tell us what to say.
'You shall be my witnesses', Christ said. How? After the Holy Spirit has given you the power. Why not ask him today to make you the witness he wants you to be?
REMEMBER:
Witnessing is not a gift, it is a privilege and responsibility.