今日返工的時間, 同lab instructor 傾了幾句. 傳福音, 真的要選適當的時間和觀察入微
她說, 以前有一個summer intern的dental student. 她很討厭他, 不單因為那學生為人驕傲, 不分尊卑, 遇因為他在一個science lab 入面將所有大大小小的事也relate 到christianity. 我的lab instructor 知識上當然比那學生多, 加上lab 入面的其他人大部份也是athesist or buddist, 跟本就是從世界各地而來, 每人也有不同的背景和文化. 那學生的行為, 完全是識少少扮代表. 令各人也being annoyed. lab instructor 甚至形容他的行為是"preaching". 更壞的是, 那學生某些時間會告訴lab instructor " I have to stop this experiment now. I have other things to do" 然後其他人發現那學生是要去region 那裡. instructor said " we all come here to find out some fact. There should be nothing related to religion"
那時間. 我真的覺得啞口無言. 我有很多很多話可以說, 但我卻在那刻打不到一個可以精簡地解釋那只不過是一個extreme (and bad) case. 我地平時所受的教導並不是這樣的. 但是我已能感受到lab instructor 反感的情緒. 我怕我任何解釋也只會越描越黑, 結果我對那人的行為, 只表示了不認同, 也沒有什麼可做. 真的很無奈.
我更明白到要傳福音, 真的要選對時間, 還要對自己的態度反常小心. 我地其身不正的話. 對方如果已經對我們沒什麼好感, 做起來一定會弄巧反拙.
唔知大家遇到呢種情況, 會有咩方法解決? 我真係好唔開心. 好不滿自己轉數慢, 又唔夠班. 如果我可以o係o個陣, 諗倒個好的eg. 去counterattack ..或者去好好解釋下, 應該會好好多
2 comments:
hmmm... I always find it hard to share the Gospel with strangers or someone I don't know much of or someone I never have long conversations with. (This is something i need to overcome I guess.)
Instead of sharing the gospel by words too soon, I think we can just be ourselves, live out our lives as a Christ follower, using our life, our daily Christian living to influence others. With time, they will see something different in us, something that's so big, while building the relationship... and They will be interested in knowing what that is...
I understand, some people we meet in our lives will only be a short period of time. But I think it's important to sow the seeds, it's even more important though to make sure that the seeds are sown into the good soil.
I've had some experiences in sharing the Gospel with strangers. One of the things I found was that we really need to be prepared beforehand. Yes, our hearts are important, but at the same time, facts are too. Most non-Christians have misconceptions about Christianity. So, if us Christians couldn't get our facts right, how do we communicate with the non-believers? In C4C, I was (and still am) very challenged into knowing what I'm talking about when it comes to my faith. I realized that I really didn't know a lot of answers to common questions (eg. how can a loving God exist when there are so much suffering in the world?). By finding out the answers, we'd be much better prepared to convince non-believers. This was the first thing that I found out I must do.
There are areas where spontaneous evangelism works best (like when you are talking to a person whom you are not likely to see again). For workplace, relational evangelism is better, as Roson pointed out. The dentistry student set up a really bad example of Christians by being so irresponsible. Being faithful also include obeying the Bible's teachings. If he was not responsible and did not obey authority as we are taught to, then the foundation of his faith is really questionable. Perhaps he has forgotten the basics of what Christians are supposed to be.
So, Mandy, don't feel discouraged. Just be your cheerful self and I'm sure a path will be opened for you. I think it was wise that you didn't go into a discussion with your instructor, when he was in such a foul mood. You are a faithful Christian. Follow what you learned from previous biblical teachings, apply it in the lab. Set up a good example and overturn the bad one. At the same time, think about the possible questions that non-believers are likely to ask, and find out the answeres in case you are asked them. Being a pleasant student will make your instructor interested in how you come to be who you are, and will allow him to see that you are good. Then he'll be willing to listen to you for sure! =)
Haha, I hope that I don't sound too "preach-y". I couldn't help typing so much because I've had difficulties in these areas before as well >.<
Hope you feel better! =)
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