學習作見證
約翰福音四章10至24節
10耶穌回答說：“你若知道神的恩賜和對你說‘給我水喝’的是誰，你必早求他，他也必早給了你活水。”
11婦人說：“先生，沒有打水的器具，井又深，你從哪裡得活水呢？
12我們的祖宗雅各將這井留給我們，他自己和兒子並牲畜也都喝這井裡的水，難道你比他還大嗎？”
13耶穌回答說：“凡喝這水的，還要再渴；
14人若喝我所賜的水，就永遠不渴。我所賜的水要在他裡頭成為泉源，直湧到永生。”
15婦人說：“先生，請把這水賜給我，叫我不渴，也不用來這麼遠打水。”
16耶穌說：“你去叫你丈夫也到這裡來。”
17婦人說：“我沒有丈夫。”耶穌說：“你說沒有丈夫，是不錯的。
18你已經有五個丈夫，你現在有的，並不是你的丈夫，你這話是真的。”
19婦人說：“先生，我看出你是先知。
20我們的祖宗在這山上禮拜，你們倒說，應當禮拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。”
21耶穌說：“婦人，你當信我。時候將到，你們拜父也不在這山上，也不在耶路撒冷。
22你們所拜的，你們不知道；我們所拜的，我們知道，因為救恩是從猶太人出來的。
23時候將到，如今就是了。那真正拜父的，要用心靈和誠實拜他，因為父要這樣的人拜他。
24神是個靈（註：或無“個”字），所以拜他的，必須用心靈和誠實拜他。”
信息分享
接著，祂提出一個私人要求：「我能和你丈夫說話嗎？」這個要求真正掀開了她的私生活並觸及她空蕩蕩的心靈。今天有很多人都像她一樣，他們以為，過了下一個轉角，生活就會不一樣。他們心靈空虛孤單，幫助他們醒覺他們自己都沒有認識到的需要，就是我們傳福音的機會。幫助他們的最好方法，就是用心聆聽他們傾述自己。
那婦人的反應，就像常常發生的一樣。她的話若用今天的語言來說，可以是：「你有你的教會，我有我的教會。」今天人們就會這樣說，對很多人來說崇拜活動都與地點、傳統和儀式相關。然而，我們必須讓對方明白，最重要的不是甚麼教會或宗教，而是我們個人認識基督。
耶穌很有禮貌地繼續回答她：「最重要的，並不是在哪裡敬拜，而是怎樣敬拜。要用心靈去敬拜。神正要尋找這樣敬拜的人。」因此，我們真正認識基督，才能為祂作見證。我們在生活中親身經歷祂的實在，才有東西與人分享。
你向人傳福音之後，可能會回想檢討：「我應該這樣說或那樣說。」但請放心，我們只要以真誠的心努力為主作見證，即使有錯漏之處，甚至我們以為失敗的時候，神都會掌管使用我們。多年之後，你可能聽見有人說，正是你昔日所作的見證，開始了一連串的行動，最終將他帶到主裡面！記住，求主每天都給我們為主作見證的機會，然後靜待結果。
LESSONS IN WITNESSING
John 4: 10-24
10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’
18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”
19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Message
Then He followed up what He had said with a personal request, “Could I talk with your husband?” That really opened up her personal life and touched her unfulfilled heart. There are so many people like her. They think that around the corner life will be different. They are unsatisfied and lonely. One of our opportunities is to help them realize their unrecognized need. Listening and letting them talk are one of the best ways to help them.
As so often happens, the woman said in modern language (v. 20), “You have your church and I have mine.” People will say that today. For many worship is generally bound up with location, tradition, and ceremony. We need to share with them that it is reality which counts. It is not a denomination. It is knowing Christ for ourselves.
Jesus was still gracious in His reply. He said quietly, “It’s not where we worship but how. It must come from the heart. That is what God is looking for.” Knowing Christ for ourselves is what makes our witness count. If we have proved Him in our own lives we will have something to share with others.
You may think afterwards, “I should have said this or that.” But be encouraged. God can overrule even if we say what seem to be the wrong words. God will use any sincere effort made for Him, even when we think we have failed. Years from now you may hear that it was your words which began the chain of events which led a soul to Christ. Remember: pray each day for an opportunity to share Christ and watch for the results.