10个我们需要分享见证的理由 / Reasons to Share Your Testimony

中文版摘自：wxbible.net

1.你的故事是独特的，即便你不这么认为

你可以回想自己何时意识到需要一位救主。你是否曾陷入严重的忧郁沮丧之中，因遇见救主，得到祂赐给你的盼望而继续往前进？你是否曾沈迷酒精毒品，因遇见救主，在祂的帮助之下，断开枷锁重获自由？你是否曾错失看似美妙的机会，后来意识到无论如何事情都会变好的，因有一位上帝深爱你?

你的见证也许较有戏剧性，也可能很平凡。但无论是哪一种，都能描述神的慈爱和怜悯，因为我们都是罪人，都犯罪亏缺了神的荣耀。

2.神要我们要分享心中的盼望

彼得前书三章15节说：“只要心里尊主基督为圣。有人问你们心中盼望的缘由，就要常作准备，以温柔、敬畏的心回答各人。”这节经文提醒我们，要随时预备好见证信仰。

3.人们爱听故事，不论是信徒或非信徒

见证就是一种故事，我们都爱听故事。我们看电影、电视或书籍，就是要从中聆听不同角度的故事，从中模仿学习，或得着启发。故事能帮助我们超越自身狭小的世界，学习用他人不同的观点来看事情。

4.除去惧怕，得着勇气

当我们谈论神在我们生命中的作为，同时也是在回想神一切的良善。当我们描述神在过去如何带领我们时，这也会带给我们更多信心和勇气来面对现今眼前的生活。这就像当以色列人回忆起神过去如何带领他们出埃及，他们就会得着勇气继续向应许之地前进。

5.见证故事不易引发争论

非信徒有时会针对圣经所强调的事实争辩不休，企图否认那位活生生的创造主。然而你所说的见证故事，是你在生活中的亲身经历，他们可以选择相信或不相信，却无法针对你所经历的见证与你争论。而如果你的见证显示出一位关爱人又真又活的神，他们就可能会想要来认识相信祂。

6.使教会人与人的关系更坦诚

人们往往会尽量让自己看起来是完美的，因此常刻意将过往所犯的错误深藏于心。但当你愿意在做见证的过程中，坦诚面对过去所犯的错，这会让人与人之间的关系更亲近，并更容易产生彼此真诚的对话。

7.你能成为他人的资源与帮助

你的见证诉说神过去如何帮助你胜过困难，这尤其能够鼓励那些面对跟你过去类似处境的人，因你也曾走过类似困境，你靠主得胜的见证能成为他人开启心牢的钥匙。

8.时常牢记起初得救的见证

当我们越常与人分享我们最初与神相遇的得救见证，就越能常保我们对神起初的爱。对神的爱会成为我们持守信仰和做善工的动机。

9.我们会分享更多新的见证，因神持续在我们生命中动工

当我们乐于分享见证，除了起初得救的见证故事之外，我们还会有越来越多新的见证故事伴随着我们，因为神每一天都会持续在我们的生命中动工，逐渐让我们的生命更像主耶稣，结出圣灵的九种果子；我们能在生命的每一个层面都来见证神的作为。

10.荣耀神的名

基督徒的见证核心会谈到他如何悔改信主，并渴望在余生为主做工，以神所喜悦的方式看待周遭人事物。见证的焦点是放在神身上，而非他自己。当我们分享见证，就是在见证神和祂在我们生命中的作为，也是在分享福音，因我们的见证故事也传递了从神而来的盼望。

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English version taken from: https://www.crosswalk.com

1. Your story is unique (even if you don’t think so)

There is a specific time when you first realized your need of a Savior. Then when you heard that there was one, you rejoiced, repented of wrongdoings, and believed. It could be a memorable day or simply a certain expanse of time in your life. Think back. When was it for you?

Were you addicted to drugs or alcohol and found a Savior who helped you to break free? Were you severely depressed and found a Savior who gave you hope to continue onward? Did you get in trouble with the law and then realize just how much you had messed your life up? Did you miss out on some seemingly wonderful opportunity but then realized that things would work out okay anyway because there is a God that loved you?

At some point, you realized that life wasn’t working out so well when you were running it on your own and you needed help. People can usually run their lives okay when things are going well but when the inevitable problems happen we need help to see another perspective.

Your testimony may have been extreme and radical, or it might have been a calm profession of true belief. Both testimonies depict God’s love and mercy because all (both loud and quiet sinners) have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

2. God’s Word tells us to share our hope as a believer

Another reason to share my testimony is because God tells me to. 1 Peter 3:15-16 reads, "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."

This verse reminds me to worship Christ as Lord of my life and if someone asks about my hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it in a gentle and respectful way.

3. People love to hear stories—both believers and unbelievers

A testimony is a story and we all love stories. We go to the movies, we watch television, and we read books to hear about great stories. Stories can give us experiences to emulate. They can show us people to relate to and root for. They also give us the opportunity to see from another person’s point of view.

We long to see superheroes saving people. We enjoy seeing two people find each other and fall in love. We watch people go to other countries and have different experiences. We even find it interesting to see someone’s adventures in space or on another planet. Yes, stories help us see beyond our own little world.

4. It removes fear and gives courage

In speaking about what God has done in my life, I am also remembering all of God’s goodness. When I recount what He has done in the past, it gives me even more faith and courage for present living. W

hen the Israelites remembered all that God had done in the past when He brought them out of Egypt, they had courage to continue onward into the promised land. When Jesus’ disciples thought back on all He had taught them, they were able to spread Jesus’ Way to more and more people. Remembering their life before Jesus and comparing it to their lives after knowing Jesus spurred them on.

5. Unbelievers will have a hard time disputing what you say is your story

Unbelievers sometimes work overtime trying to argue the facts of the bible. Documentaries and theories are created to try to explain away the obvious Creator that is vividly shown in creation (the earth). They can come up with ideas that sound plausible, but they can’t argue with someone’s story of an experience they had in their life. Either they believe it, or they don’t, but they can’t argue with it.

And if your story shows a living and active God that cares for people, they just might want to believe it.

6. It creates transparency within the church

The more we’re honest about mistakes we’ve made in the past, the more other people can relate to us. There’s a natural tendency to want to look as perfect as possible on the outside so we hold past mistakes deep within us. Hiding things is a lie that keeps people at arm’s length. Sharing brings them closer into intimate and real conversations.

7. You become a resource for others

Stories about how God has worked in my past helps me to encourage others who may be going through something similar now. They see in me the hope that they long to have. They feel a connection with me. Then I’m able to help them carry their baggage because I’ve already walked through a similar problem.

Your story can be a key to unlock someone else’s prison. God uses people as His hands and feet.

8. You keep your initial salvation testimony alive in your mind

The more I tell my story of my initial meeting with Christ, the more I keep that first love feeling alive. Revelation 2 tells me that it’s possible for me to do good work, have patient endurance, not tolerate evil, and even suffer for my faith in Christ and yet still be missing something if I’ve lost my first love. The love of Christ should be my motive for doing good works and pressing on in the faith. Speaking often about my salvation experience keeps that first love feeling alive. I remember when I first really loved God and why.

9. You deliver more testimonies as God continues His work in you

As God teaches me more and more, I will gain other testimonies besides my initial salvation one. As I apply God’s Truth to my life, I will have many more testimonies about Him. Testimonies that God’s way really is The Way. God is working within me every day and slowly changing me to be more like Him in the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. My full testimony doesn’t end until I exit this earthly life. So, I desire to share it all—every single way that I see God active in my life. The Apostle Paul reiterates this in Philippians 1:12 when he says that he wants you to know that everything that has happened to him has helped him to spread the Good News.

10. It glorifies God

My testimony shows that God is greater than my story or my experiences. It’s not really about me. It’s all about God and Him working in me. Sharing my testimony is sharing the Gospel because I’m sharing a story of God’s hope.