Editor's Note: The passage is the vision of a sister who used to be a prostitute. Now she has become a Christian and daughter of God. She is willing to spread the gospel of God even though she still cares about comments from other people. Her testimony and story are as follows:
(Continued: I II III)
From Xiamen to Haikou
After we went back to Xiamen, we lived near Xiamen University. I decided to rely on my own efforts to make a living. I started to sell things at a street vendor. Yu was happy to support my idea. He also continued to work.
He took me to the church. I was baptized on May 2, 2010. But nobody taught us the teaching and guidance of the Bible. I was not able to pray or read the Bible. I was like a chicken with my head cut off. I didn't realize that my life should be centered on God.
We had to leave Xiamen due to his job rotation. We finally decided to go to Haikou because his parents were there. God had mercy on me, so I got a job easily in Haikou. He also found a job. I went to church meetings with him and his parents.
I learned to sing a lot of hymns. Every time I sing a hymn, my tears will flow down. God saved me. God awakened my soul and took me back on the right track. Jesus sacrificed his life on the cross for my sin. He prevented me from going to the hells.
Although our economic situation was not improved, I was able to accept the low-income job and enjoy the relationship with colleagues. I was no longer greedy. I gave up the idea of making a lot of money. I relied on God and stayed holy. I tried my best to spread the gospel and work hard.
He had no job for two months in 2012, indulging himself in the computer games. I couldn't see any hope in the future, and I was also buried in playing computer games. At that time I shut the door all day and had no communication with him. I thought I was a drag on him, so I wanted to leave him for some time. I believed he would be stronger without me.
At the end of May 2012, I packed up my luggage and went to my brother's in Zhuhai. Yu said on the phone: "It does not matter if you leave me. However, you should never leave God."
At that time I was proud of my strong will. Although he had found a job at that time, I insisted that I should leave, which is right for both of us
God was keeping me away from sin
I found a job in Zhuhai and began to look for the church. When I found the local Christians in Zhuhai, their attitude made me sad. I certainly did not tell them my past. They promised to involve me in the church meeting on Sunday morning. However, later they refused me. They said they had prayed to God. God told them I couldn't come to the church.
I asked myself whether I belong to Satan due to my past. I gave up looking for the church and quitted my job. I slept and smoked all day in a rented house. I went back to these days when I hadn't known about God. I started to go against God's will.
I contacted the friends in Foshan. I decided to be a prostitute again in another nightclub. I told myself to make money there when I was still young. I had wasted too much time on Yu and God. Now I want to live for myself. I wanted to buy a car, a house and save a sum of money.
I began to work with this target. The result confused me. I was 26 at that time, still young and beautiful. However, I didn't have any guests for a long time.
Actually, I understood the reason. God was blocking me from degenerating. I am a Christian. All I did was against God's will. My distorted and disobedient character made me return to sin. I was choosing Satan and hell.
Every time I saw the Bible at the bottom of my suitcase, I didn't feel well. However, when I remembered that the church in Zhuhai has refused my request, my heart was as hard as a stone.
God was determined to save me. I still kept in touch with Yu since we still cared about each other. He was worried about my life. He did much better in his job. When he was on a business trip in Beijing, he found my phone number location was Foshan. I had to admit what I was doing. He said that I didn't love or respect myself. God saved me so many times, but I didn't repent. I didn't listen to his angry words. I said that I would never leave Foshan since God has abandoned me.
Yu told my brother what I was doing. Then Yu called me, hoping that we would go back to the start. My brother contacted me, asking whether Yu's words were true. I admitted to him and begged him not to tell my parents. He agreed.
My friends in the nightclub laughed at me because they couldn't understand my departure. I left Foshan for Beijing by train to meet Yu.
It was the last time that I entered the nightclub. I was saved by God. God has great mercy on the sinner in the world. God loves the people, giving his only son to them. God's believers would live forever and never perish.
To be continued.
编者按:这是一个曾为妓女的姊妹为主做的见证,她如今得蒙进入神的国,在被拯救后还参与了教会事奉,尽管她还在乎别人的眼光,但她也愿意不断为主传扬福音。以下为她的见证全文:
1、从厦门到海口
我们回到厦门后,住在厦门大学的学校附近。不好找工作的我这次决定靠自己的劳动摆地摊卖小东西,我想积极地生活,想改变自己,宇很高兴并非常支持,他也继续上班。他带我去教堂聚会,并做了决志祷告,到2010年5月2日我受洗了。可我们缺少圣经中神话语的教导与引领,不读经我也不会祷告,仍像一只无头苍蝇,不知道生活应该以神为中心。
好景不长,他的工作又出现了一些状况,我们不得已要离开厦门,最后决定去海口,他的父母都在海口。2010年9月我们到了海口。
上帝怜悯我,让我刚到海口找工作就给我预备了一份,他后来也找到了工作。我跟着他还有他的父母,一起到教会聚会,当然我们也分屋住,知道基督徒不能未婚同居,(他的家人全部都是基督徒,但对于我的曾经我们没有勇气向他的家人讲)。我越来越多的了解上帝,但也仅仅多了一点,不过学会了唱很多的赞美诗歌。每次唱赞美诗歌时,我的眼泪都忍不住流下来,我无法控制眼泪不流,是上帝救了我,是上帝苏醒了我的灵魂并引导我走义路,我知道曾经喜爱犯罪的我,贪恋金钱偏行已路的我,若不是主耶稣在十字架上为我的罪流血舍命,我的灵魂将跌入地狱。
虽然我们的经济状况没有太多改善,但是我已经能接受这种平常收入不高的工作,并很享受和同事们的关系,曾贪婪的心、想赚很多钱的物欲也不见了,并依靠着神持守圣洁,不再犯罪。努力行道,也会传福音,工作中诚实忠心。
我们俩相处5年,但却一直没走进婚姻,他家并不富裕,可影响我们的不是这个原因,而是因为从2012年后有两个月他失业了,在这期间他因找不到工作而沉迷到游戏当中了,我在他身上看不到未来了,认为他不上进,我也去玩游戏了,并且那段时间我一整天关起房门,不和他交流,他也意识到我们的关系出现了状况,便学着《消防员》电影中的40天拯救婚姻的方法用在我身上,但我却没给他机会。我自认为是我这些年影响拖累了他,所以我想离开他一段时间,让他一个人刚强起来。
在2012年5月底,我便收拾行李准备去珠海到我哥哥(母亲与她前夫的孩子)那里,在我走的时候,他极力劝我,我却不听,他对我说你离开我不要紧,但千万不要离开上帝,我说我肯定不会离开上帝的。那时我骄傲地觉得自己很刚强。而这时他已经找到了一份工作,但我坚持选择离开,认为我的方式是正确的,对我们都好。
2、神的拦阻和保守
(我们都如羊走迷,各人偏行已路)
到珠海后,我找到了一份工作,并开始寻找教会。我想我已经是基督徒,我会继续信上帝。可是当我找到珠海当地的基督徒时,发生的事意外的让我难过。我和他们约见交谈,当然并没有告诉他们我的曾经,只是说明我刚从海口来到珠海在找教会。他们答应我在周日上午接我到教会聚会,可在周六他们反悔了,来电话说他们向上帝祷告后,觉得我不能来他们的教会。我就呵呵了……我自认为上帝离弃了我,拒绝了一个想要到教会寻求他的人,我自问难道我属于黑暗,属于撒旦的?不能被接纳的?因为我曾经是个陪酒女、妓女?我终于“醒悟”,蒙昧无知的认为我是无法走出黑暗的,逃脱不了。
我便放弃了寻找教会,辞去了正当的工作,在租的房子里白天睡觉,晚上抽烟、喝酒上网,好似一刹那,我的生命又跌回到曾经没认识上帝的光景中,甚至还想和上帝对着干。我在珠海开始找酒吧和夜总会,因没有熟人介绍,我联系了以前在佛山和我一起坐台的朋友,回到了佛山,不过这次是换到了一家夜总会。
我告诉自己要把余下的青春全部挥洒在这里赚钱,折腾这么多年,在宇那里浪费了我的时间,信上帝也浪费我的时间。如今我要好好为自己活,买房买车再加上存一笔钱什么的,这些我都要赚到手。伙伴们也极其认同了我的想法和决定,她们也是如此。而对有经验的我来讲,达到目标根本不难,只要专心努力的拼搏就好了。定好了目标,就开始上班。
可结果却不如我愿,曾经坐台率数一数二的我,总是比别人先坐台的我,为什么连续一个星期没有一个客人。我想难道是我年龄大了、老了、丑了?这里90后女孩大把大把,但当时26岁的我并不显老,容貌也不比她们差,和我最初认识的伙伴也不懂为什么,纷纷劝我要不要去拜拜,烧个香什么的。我说不用了,再坚持看看。
其实原因我明白的,是上帝在拦阻我继续犯罪,我是一个基督徒,上帝不喜悦我现在所行的,我所行的只不过是和上帝对着干的偏行已路。我那扭曲且极端悖逆的性格让我傲慢的回到罪中,选择撒旦和地狱。
在这期间从行李箱拿衣服时,我都会看到压箱底的圣经,心里很不是滋味,但我没办法改变,想到被珠海的教会拒绝等于被上帝的‘拒绝’,顽梗悖逆的我心肠便刚硬如石。
3、神定意要拯救我
我走后宇和我一直都有联系,毕竟那么多年的感情,他一直担心我离开他过得好不好。我离开后,他的工作很有起色,在他在北京出差期间,有一次和我通话中,他发现我的电话号码又是佛山的,就追问我在哪里,是不是又回到夜场了。我开始欺骗他说我还在珠海,让他不要乱想。可是他不相信并说明手机来电显,我不得已承认了。他狠心地对我说我太不懂得自爱,上帝救了我那么多次,如今还是不知悔改,不知羞耻。他又生气的极力劝我,我却根本听不进去,对他说我再也出不来了,上帝已经不要我了。
没想他在我的QQ空间找到了我在珠海的哥哥的QQ号码,他把我现在所做的事情,告诉了我的哥哥,之后又给我打电话告诉了我,并要和我复合。
哥哥知道后,和我联系并说他相信我不是那样的,但我向他承认了,并说这次我会离开,求他不要告诉我的父母,他答应了。
在夜总会伙伴们的嘲笑和不理解中,我离开了佛山,坐火车买的站票去北京找宇。
这是我最后一次进入夜场,并被神拯救出来。怜悯罪人的神,他的慈爱是何等的长阔高深。神爱世人,甚至将他的独生子赐给他们,叫一切信他的,不至灭亡,反得永生。
见证:妓女进了神的国(四)
Editor's Note: The passage is the vision of a sister who used to be a prostitute. Now she has become a Christian and daughter of God. She is willing to spread the gospel of God even though she still cares about comments from other people. Her testimony and story are as follows:
(Continued: I II III)
From Xiamen to Haikou
After we went back to Xiamen, we lived near Xiamen University. I decided to rely on my own efforts to make a living. I started to sell things at a street vendor. Yu was happy to support my idea. He also continued to work.
He took me to the church. I was baptized on May 2, 2010. But nobody taught us the teaching and guidance of the Bible. I was not able to pray or read the Bible. I was like a chicken with my head cut off. I didn't realize that my life should be centered on God.
We had to leave Xiamen due to his job rotation. We finally decided to go to Haikou because his parents were there. God had mercy on me, so I got a job easily in Haikou. He also found a job. I went to church meetings with him and his parents.
I learned to sing a lot of hymns. Every time I sing a hymn, my tears will flow down. God saved me. God awakened my soul and took me back on the right track. Jesus sacrificed his life on the cross for my sin. He prevented me from going to the hells.
Although our economic situation was not improved, I was able to accept the low-income job and enjoy the relationship with colleagues. I was no longer greedy. I gave up the idea of making a lot of money. I relied on God and stayed holy. I tried my best to spread the gospel and work hard.
He had no job for two months in 2012, indulging himself in the computer games. I couldn't see any hope in the future, and I was also buried in playing computer games. At that time I shut the door all day and had no communication with him. I thought I was a drag on him, so I wanted to leave him for some time. I believed he would be stronger without me.
At the end of May 2012, I packed up my luggage and went to my brother's in Zhuhai. Yu said on the phone: "It does not matter if you leave me. However, you should never leave God."
At that time I was proud of my strong will. Although he had found a job at that time, I insisted that I should leave, which is right for both of us
God was keeping me away from sin
I found a job in Zhuhai and began to look for the church. When I found the local Christians in Zhuhai, their attitude made me sad. I certainly did not tell them my past. They promised to involve me in the church meeting on Sunday morning. However, later they refused me. They said they had prayed to God. God told them I couldn't come to the church.
I asked myself whether I belong to Satan due to my past. I gave up looking for the church and quitted my job. I slept and smoked all day in a rented house. I went back to these days when I hadn't known about God. I started to go against God's will.
I contacted the friends in Foshan. I decided to be a prostitute again in another nightclub. I told myself to make money there when I was still young. I had wasted too much time on Yu and God. Now I want to live for myself. I wanted to buy a car, a house and save a sum of money.
I began to work with this target. The result confused me. I was 26 at that time, still young and beautiful. However, I didn't have any guests for a long time.
Actually, I understood the reason. God was blocking me from degenerating. I am a Christian. All I did was against God's will. My distorted and disobedient character made me return to sin. I was choosing Satan and hell.
Every time I saw the Bible at the bottom of my suitcase, I didn't feel well. However, when I remembered that the church in Zhuhai has refused my request, my heart was as hard as a stone.
God was determined to save me. I still kept in touch with Yu since we still cared about each other. He was worried about my life. He did much better in his job. When he was on a business trip in Beijing, he found my phone number location was Foshan. I had to admit what I was doing. He said that I didn't love or respect myself. God saved me so many times, but I didn't repent. I didn't listen to his angry words. I said that I would never leave Foshan since God has abandoned me.
Yu told my brother what I was doing. Then Yu called me, hoping that we would go back to the start. My brother contacted me, asking whether Yu's words were true. I admitted to him and begged him not to tell my parents. He agreed.
My friends in the nightclub laughed at me because they couldn't understand my departure. I left Foshan for Beijing by train to meet Yu.
It was the last time that I entered the nightclub. I was saved by God. God has great mercy on the sinner in the world. God loves the people, giving his only son to them. God's believers would live forever and never perish.
To be continued.
Testimony: Prostitute Enters Kingdom of God (Ⅳ)