Ministry of the Word to Jabalpur

This weekend we are exhibiting the ministry books in a large Christian gathering in the city of Jabalpur. Generally, such meetings draws large Christian crowd and we make use of this opportunity to distribute the ministry literature as much as possible and also sought out for seeking Christians as they would be easily identified by their hunger for the word. 

On the first night, Friday, I was at the counter where we displayed our books, when a brother walked up to me and spoke for few minutes. Within that few minutes conversation the Lord touched him and he immediately invited me to minister the word in his congregation the coming Lord's day, which is today. Initially I was wondering how we would distribute books in this gathering as a stall was not booked for us yet, and was wondering what I would be doing for three whole days. But the Lord sovereignly arranged an unused stall for us and we became very busy distributing and meeting people. We met a lot of seeking believers and one such person was the one who invited us.  The Lord introduced this brother to us and established a relationship. Only God knows what has be reserved for His testimony in this city. 

Today morning and last night I was looking to the Lord what to minister. Generally, I would just minister instantly when the time comes but this time I wanted a definite word from the Lord. This morning as I was praying, the Lord gave me a very definite message which later was ministered in the congregation of the brother who invited us. 

The word of the Lord was ministered by answering three simple but very important questions. 

Who is Jesus? Matthew 1:21-23And she will bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins. Now all this has happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel” (which is translated, God with us).  

Note from the Holy Bible Recovery Version Jesus is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name Joshua (Num. 13:16), which means Jehovah the Savior, or the salvation of Jehovah. Hence, Jesus is not only a man but Jehovah, and not only Jehovah but Jehovah becoming our salvation. Thus, He is our Savior. He is also our Joshua, the One who brings us into rest (Heb. 4:8; Matt. 11:28-29), which is Himself as the good land to us.  

Jesus is the Saviour, and He must be our personal Saviour, saving us from every sins as much as from eternal damnation. Jesus as the Savior must be experienced in every aspect of our Christian life, and wherever we are, in whatever we do. Then only can we say that we truly know who Jesus is. Otherwise, it will be just a namesake, and doctrinal knowing of Jesus as anyone would know Him. Even Satan knows that Jesus is the Saviour, but He never believed into Him to be saved!? Jesus also must be the Saviour of our family, as the unit of salvation is household. 

Acts 16:31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household. 

I testified of how the Lord blessed our family in granting household salvation. The size of household salvation depends upon our faith. If our faith is merely close relative, then that's our household. If our faith is larger and greater to include all our relatives near and far, even our entire village or state or country, that much will be our household. 

Where is Jesus? Romans 8:10-11But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you. 

Romans 8:34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ Jesus who died and, rather, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 

On the one hand Jesus is at the right hand of God, interceding for us, or yet on the other hand, He is in our spirit as the Holy Spirit indwelling us. 

We must meet the right person at the right place. The right person in Jesus Christ and He is in our human spirit as a believer. To meet Him, and we simply has to turn to our spirit.

2 Timothy 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.  

How to experience Jesus? Three simply way to experience Jesus is first by simply calling upon His name. At this point, with the congregation, we all called together the Lord's Name, "He Prabhu Yesu!" Second, the Lord can be experienced by simply coming to the word of God and reading, studying and praying over the word of God, daily. And finally, we can also experience the Lord by spending time with Him in prayer. 

This was the message the Lord gave for the seeking believers here in Piparia Khamaria near Jabalpur. May the Lord gain what He has to gain in His time. 

After the meeting we had a lunch fellowship with with our host's family where I encouraged his elder son to study the New Testament Recovery Version Bible. Later,  I gifted a copy to him, and also spoke to him about the importance of preparing our vessels for the Lord's purpose, especially in the matter of education. Furthermore, as the Lord leads, I encouraged him to pursue his PhD and be a professor to serve the Lord among the university students. Our host also expressed his interest to "join" us in the ministry but I encouraged him to read the ministry books first, the book gifted to him: The All-inclusive Christ, The Economy of God, The Knowledge of Life, and The Glorious Church. I further said, after reading these books we can fellowship again and see how the Lord would lead further. 

The Lord was so gracious to lead us in this city, Jabalpur. May the Lord sow Himself as the Seed of the divine life to all the people we distributed the ministry of the word to. 

Lord, gain Your testimony in Jabalpur, MP!