A Danish guy came to my neighborhood a few days ago. He wanted to get lunch, so I showed him a nearby McDonald's. We chatted a bit, and then I left. But he stayed there, just to relax and listen to a sermon on his iPod.
When I saw him again a couple hours later, I asked how he'd enjoyed the afternoon. He proceeded to tell me that he had spent the afternoon witnessing. Right after I left, a Chinese guy (from mainland China) walked over to his table and sat down right across from him. (Cultural note: sitting at a table with strangers is common here, because of how crowded Hong Kong is).
My friend eventually initiated a conversation, and eventually told him he was in Hong Kong for missionary work. But the Chinese guy started talking about how he didn't believe Christianity: "How can you believe the Bible? At the Tower of Babel, God divided all the languages, and confused everybody. That's so mean!"
I'll be honest...that's an argument against Christianity that I haven't heard before.
Nevertheless, despite the division of language--i.e. my friend's Danish accent, and the Chinese guy's very limited English--the gospel was shared, and they prayed together right there in McDonald's. Afterwards, they went to the Chinese guy's house, where my friend gave him a Chinese Bible and tracts (he hadn't brought any Cantonese tracts with him, only Mandarin ones, for people from mainland China).
I listened to the story, and my first thought was: "I've been in this neighborhood for months, and haven't actually shared the gospel message with a single person...this guy was hardly here two hours, and he's already leading people to faith in Christ!"
After he shared about his afternoon, he mentioned Ephesians 2:9-10, and how it says that we're saved in order to do good works, which God has already prepared for us, so that we can walk in them. He's already prepared them for us to do...we just have to keep walking. We'll run into them soon enough.
那么,我们走吧! (Nàme,wǒmen zǒu ba! So, let's go!)
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