Family Propagation

Last weekend, we went to visit a brother and his family who visited India from Taiwan for the gospel propagation in Delhi. Our plan was to have a dinner fellowship and love feast together. But as we fellowshipped with him it went on and on at the house rented for the gospel work, more gospel friends were brought in for home meeting as a result of which some took baptism, and we ended up joining with the saints in the gospel propagation work as a family. Our plan was to eat out, but we were caught up eating the word together in small group meetings with new believers. Meanwhile our children enjoyed playing with other children, and we all enjoyed as a family, our participation in the Lord's move.

I was particularly caught up with one new brother as we fellowshipped on Romans 8 : 28, 29, the Lord's speaking was so timely for the new brother. He asked the meaning of the "first born Son of God" and how one can be conformed to the image of the firstborn Son of God? With that our fellowship took turn to expound the truth concerning the firstborn Son of God and the need for a normal daily Christian living of all things working together for good to gain God. Further, we explained the practical need for a companion and living the church life and kind-of introduced him to the church in Delhi. 

Once we were done with this new one, two gospel friends came in to our group meeting. Our fellowship then took a new turn again; preaching the gospel to the gospel friends in Hindi. Four of us coordinated to share the gospel by turn, leading them to pray and receive the Lord, and finally the two got baptised. Which then was followed by dinner fellowship and appointed made for further follow-up shepherding. May the Lord shepherd these new ones through the laboring saints.

All this while, the children were engaged in their own home meeting, playing and enjoying.

By the way, this day happened to be the last day of the propagation that has been going on since the past five weeks. A propagation in coordination with saints from Hsinchu, Taiwan and saints in India. The Lord indeed blessed His move and over a 100 new ones were brought to salvation. The next urgent step is cherishing and nourishing them to live a normal Christian life in the normal church-life. 

Though not planned, God had planned it for us to participate in His move in Dwarka Mor, New Delhi, and this turned out to be our family propagation. The verse that I expounded to the new one actually and practically was applied to our experience that day. 

Rom. 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Rom. 8:29 - Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the  b image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers;