The Gospel to Keikhu

The Gospel of Jonah has confirmed the burden within me for many years for the salvation of my villager, Keikhu, in Imphal. When I was a boy my maternal grandfather encouraged me to study hard and become a respected officer and then preach the gospel to my villagers. Yes, I did study hard and got the best education, and followed the Lord’s leading to serve the living God. Though I never became an officer of his dream as I rather chose to follow the Lord. I have traveled to many parts of India, and have participated in the gospel preaching and raising up of the Lord's testimony in many localities. Now the specific burden is for my own village. For this, we pray and intercede almost on a daily basis. The salvation of Keikhu is drawing near. 

It was the 19th of May 2017 while in fasting and praying, the Lord clearly confirmed the burden for Keikhu and the many Nagas, my fellow tribesmen in the flesh, who are still living as Gentiles even after a century of the arrival of the gospel to their land. They simply rejected it by clinging on to the customs and traditions of the forefathers. Time has come, and indeed it is now, the gospelization of my tribesmen should commence, as it has been in prayer so shall it be in the actual salvation of them all. This burden is not merely for salvation from eternal perdition but also for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose in the building up of the Body of Christ. Half way works of Christianity must be avoided, but we must usher in God’s complete salvation. Not merely bring them to salvation but also shepherd them and usher them into the church life for the building up of the Body of Christ.

The epicenter for this burden of the salvation of my tribesmen is Keikhu. From here the many Rongmei villages of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam and Myanmar, and the other unbelieving Naga tribes will be gained. This is the burden and this is also the faith the Lord imparted into me. Now is the time for the preparation of the vessel, perhaps like Jonah, "in the belly of a fish under the sea." 

In Nineveh, the number of people saved through Jonah was 120,000 people. This is the same amount of people not saved yet among the Nagas in general as per census. May the Lord bless this burden and bring it into fruition. 

Now in Keikhu about ten families have come to the faith, half of them in the church life, and real spiritual battle is raging in the heavenlies; this has been manifested among the saints and also among the villagers themselves. Many youths have been spoiled by lack of education and the illegal means of livelihood they have been practicing by brewing and selling country liquor. The end result is, the youth themselves became addicted to the very liquor that brewed for livelihood. Only the Lord has to rescue the people of Keikhu physically and spiritually too. This is the burden the Lord has been imparting to me these days.

 

As a preparation I have also shared this burden to some brothers from the same background. In fact, the Lord has raised a dozen of brothers and sisters who have gone through the training of the truth in the Lord's recovery. May the Lord gain all of us for the gospelization, truthization, and churchization of the entire community and the localities. 

The gospel to Keikhu has drawn near. Salvation be sooner than latter. 

Lord, save Keikhu!