An Experience with Fellow Believers

The Ministry of the Word has been prevailing as proven and experienced through the many ministry of the word literature journey undertaken as the Lord led us in the past years. Summary of the experience with fellow believers are below:

Refutation of False Allegations 

When we were confronted with false allegation like "cult", "heretic/heresy", etc., we gently asked them few questions, 

"Brother, can you please point out the Bible verses as a proof of accusing us as "wrong or heretic"? Can you also point out which title, chapter, paragraph, page number and sentences/phrases of our books that is/are against the Bible? Have you read any of our books thoroughly? If so, have you really understood what you have read in the light of the word of God?

I used to asked the above questions to many of the opposers. Believe it or not, so far none of the opposers I met had any answer. Then, that gave me the ground to minister the truths using some selected title books. And they enjoyed the ministry of the word and finally ended up buying the ministry books.

It was the Lord's mercy we could meet these renowned Christian leaders. After all our fellowship, their misunderstandings and false accusations were refuted. In fact, after every meeting, even the way we look at each other and felt about each other changed. A deep sense of peace and joy were within us. It was indeed the Lord who led us to meet them.

Affirmation of the Truth 

To some Christian leader we affirmed the healthy teaching concerning the Trinity/Triune God, the Essential and Economical Trinity, the Humanity and Divinity of Christ, the Processed and Consummated Spirit, the Economy of God, the Church with Her Universal and Local Aspects, the Body of Christ, the Oneness of the Triune God and of the Body of Christ, the Ground of Oneness, etc.. Even Apologetics and Christian leaders agreed and confirmed to the truth we have affirmed based on the Bible. Of course, we always quote relevant Bible verses; sometimes we used Greek words and grammar to explain it further. As long as we used the Bible correctly and effectively, no Christian dared to speak otherwise.

Clarification of Confusions

The "hearsay" of many negative rumor concerning the Lord's recovery have caused confusion among Christian leaders; to such, we clarified, in the spirit of Christian brotherhood, that those things were not so. To some, we have asked them to be like the Bereans in Acts 17:10. and they were humble enough to accept our fellowship. To many we have also clarified the misinterpretation of many practices in the Lord's recovery like "Calling upon the Lord's Name, Pray-reading the Word,n Prophesying, Baptisms, Bread-breaking, etc.," and concerning  the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, LSM, Recovery Version etc.."

Brotherly Fellowship with Opposers

As the Lord burdened, we selected the main opposers in India and visited them in their homes or offices. After fellowship lasting for about two to three hours, face to face as Christian brothers, they all testified that our visitation and fellowship helped clear up many misunderstanding. Some even said, "if you were really cult or heretic you would not have come to meet us. Thank you for visiting us. " 

Introduction of the Ministry and Distribution

In this year 2016, in new places like Andra Pradesh & Telengana, Adaman and Nicobar Islands and 17 localities in North East India, we met mostly Christian leaders who were new to the ministry. Without any question they simply received the ministry; they listened to us and purchased the ministry books. It was the Lord's presence that really blessed the distribution. I myself was very surprised that in all the 17 localities in NE India where we met many many Christian leaders, mostly the main ones from the Baptist and the Presbyterians, not one have any question. Instead they all listened to us for hours and ended up purchasing the ministry books, some purchased in sets, and some ordered even the books we did not have, like Life-study, Collected Works etc..

Establishing Christian Rapport

With almost every Christian leaders we met, we established a Christian rapport. Now they are on our database and we keep contact with them over the phone or WhatsApp. As the Lord leads, we send messages and pray for them too. Over the years, the Lord taught me this lesson, "Maintain a good relationship with all the believers; even if they disagree with us in teachings or practices. After all they are our fellow Christian brothers." 

Ministering of Christ as Life through the Ministry of the Word

To most of the Christian leaders we met, we used the ministry literature to minister Christ as life. Of course, we carried out such trip to visit them after much prayer, and the saints also prayed for us in all our trips. Back in the office, we have serving ones praying everyday before office works for all the literature activities. For our burden in the literature service is, "The Ministry of the Word for All!"

Shepherding the Seekers

When the Lord revealed some genuine seekers, we turned the visit into shepherding, and shepherded them as the Lord led us and according to their situation. This time in the North East, we have introduced the leading brothers of the nearby churches for follow up shepherding to those genuine seekers. Whoever invited us to minister to their congregation, as the Lord gave us the peace, we ministered the word in their congregation. This time solid seekers were in contact in Dimapur, Wokha, Kohima, Tamenglong, Ukhrul and Imphal. The last three places were followed up by the brothers in Manipur.

Addendum

From our side, what we have learned was, we and our saints must also be careful in the way we speak about our fellow believers in the denominations. When some saints spoke immaturely with improper attitude, things were taken out of context and we ourselves gave the others the ground to speak against us. In fact, the Lord taught us many lessons of life in meeting with all these believers, especially the opposers. In many cases, we are also to be blamed for the misunderstandings. May the Lord cover us. May Christ be our wisdom.

 

Colossians

 4:5   Walk in wisdom toward those who are without, redeeming the time.

 4:6   Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.