Fellowship at Chandel

This Locality has been in my heart for years now as I used to spend my vacation with my dad as he was posted there while I was in school, and college years too. Though the church in Chandel was raised up few years ago, the saints went through a lot of opposition from the main line churches. Moreover the timing for the local saints to rise up and bear the testimony has not yet reach to fruition. The result was that of maintaining the status quo of a church life by one family. It has been going on this way for years. Last year I did try to visit them but it did not work out. And this year the Lord gave me the opportunity.

I was at my mother's quarter in Leikun, a few kilometres away from the town. I spent time time fellowshipping with my mom who works as a nurse in the defence deployment there. I was in touch with the brothers and they came to visit me. 

The point of fellowship the Lord gave me was on being equipped with the truth. I was so burdened to minister to the brothers the importance of a proper constitution of the word of God and a proper living testimony as Christians. It was not a matter of what high peak truth you profess to preach and propagate, but more of what kind of Christian life you live and what testimony you bear. The brothers were so touched by what the Lord burdened me to fellowship with them in love in a way of shepherding. They themselves acknowledged how they were short in the matter of truth pursuing, constitution, and God-man living. I did give some real life examples and testimonies to strengthen my burden.

The next day they invited me to meet up with some seeking believers in town. A Catholic politician and a Baptist officer were my first time to meet, the friends of our brother. I knew nothing about their background, but the moment I saw them my burden was to minister on the need of growth in life with some relevant Bible verses. Though the friends questioned me on the matter of truth and practice of righteousness I used Bible verses to answer their questions. They were so supplied by the word of God quoted to meet their need at the proper time. At the end of the meeting, they were really humbled and subdued and accepted my proposal; first they should spend adequate time with the Lord in the Word and prayer, and they also should spend time with one another for prayer and fellowship. The meeting was so rich as the Lord's presence was felt richly. May the Lord gain them all for His testimony there.

In the evening I also spent time with the executive members of a religious organisation and expound the matter of God's creation of man for His expression and representation on the earth through the church. After the fellowship they acknowledged that they we were mistaken to reckon us as propagating "false teaching." Now that they came to know the orthodoxy of the Bible we uphold, they feel that the misunderstanding of the church life by the denominations as "anti-Christ" was a gross error on their side, and also the lack of proper explanation of the truth from our side. Anyway past is past. At least now that they were clear, the brothers should go on without any fear to bear the Lord's testimony. 

That night I had fellowship with the lone family who stood for the Lord's testimony and encouraged them to spend more time in the basic practice of the God-ordained Way and an exercise of a God-man living. We then had prayed together and took rest. 

The visit to Chandel was quite fruitful. May the Lord strengthen the saints and bless His testimony in Chandel!