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有一句谚语这样说：“行动胜于语言。”圣灵的果子，从我们学院校牧事工所涉及的一个学生身上“结了”出来，他的恩慈、温柔、喜乐和忍耐，是显而易见的。人们看见时，便自然会被吸引到他身边去，与人分享他信仰的机会也因此大增。另一个学生则时常都在祷告中向主倾心吐意，她为神国的拓展祈求。

据《使徒行传》二章的记载，在五旬节那一天，神的灵赐能力给耶稣的使徒，他们便能够说很多不同的方言；在今天，同一位圣灵也叫我们有能力以言语和行动来吸引人。藉着圣灵的能力，神的国得到拓展，而祂也呼召和装备我们每一个人，无论在什么境况中，都去用言行为祂作见证。

今天我们庆祝圣灵的降临。然而，庆祝五旬节，不仅仅是以它为庆祝活动的主题，更重要的乃是把它的实质活出来——就是以言语和行动来见证。藉着圣灵在我们里面的能力，我们所说的话和满有圣灵果子的行动，就是神用来建立祂国度的工具。

There is an old saying that "Actions speak louder than words." One of the students in the chaplaincy ministry at our college "oozes" the fruit of the Spirit. His kindness, gentleness, joy, and patience are clearly evident. As people see this, they are attracted to him, and opportunities to share his faith are multiplied. Another student frequently pours out her heart to the Lord in prayer as she pleads for the advancement of God's kingdom.

The Spirit of God gave Jesus' apostles the ability to speak in many languages on that day of Pentecost written about in Acts 2, and the same Spirit enables us to speak and to act in winsome ways today. Through the power of the Spirit, God's kingdom is advancing, and he has called and equipped each of us to be his witnesses in whatever circumstances we may find ourselves.

Today we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. But our cele­bration of Pentecost is not so much meant to be talked about as it is to be lived—in word and deed. By the power of the Spirit working through us, our words and fruit-filled actions are the tools God uses to build his kingdom.