New Way: Door Knocking and Baptism

The Lord is faithful and merciful in training and perfecting us day by day. There are two basic practices that impressed me deeply. In fact, it blew my natural mind off, and renewed my concept of carrying out the God-ordained way.

Door Knocking

Though we have been going out regularly to preach the gospel on a weekly basis, our way is of contacting people in the park where we can easily preach the gospel. In fact, the Lord also saved many people in this way. But door knocking was even more practical. During our gospel preaching too, though houses were assigned for our team for door-knocking, I initially took the easy of preaching the gospel on the streets and public places; market and Metro stations. No doubt, I could preach the gospel to many people, led many people to call upon the Lord's name, and led many to pray the sinners' prayer, but still, many of these ones could not be followed up in their homes. Since there is no follow up shepherding, many of these new ones also gradually slip away from our continual shepherding.

When I seriously started door knocking, I was surprised at the wonderful response. In fact, one day, for two hours we could not even fully finish door knocking a small apartment of a mere five houses. Every door was a warm door. I ended up preaching to the people no less than ten minutes. Everyone listened with rapt attention. This is indeed the way to contact people. Now, I am fully convinced that I have to take this way from now on; door knocking people's doors for the gospel of the kingdom. 

Baptism

Another strong hidden concept is about baptism. According to the truth of the Bible, whoever genuinely believed into the Lord is qualified to be baptised. In fact, such ones must be baptised. But somehow, somewhere, there is a concept that "no, let them take their own time for baptism." In fact, procrastination is a thief of time; I am a victim of such delaying tactic of Satan. Every saved believer must be baptized too. the time gap from believing to baptism is "immediately."

Besides, another religious concept is about the proper way of "water baptism." Baptism pool is ready at the meeting hall. But, what if, the new believers could not make it to the meeting hall? In the book of Acts, many new believers were baptized in their homes. The same principle applies today too. If people are ready we must baptized them at their home. What is needed is the strong exercise of the spirit and a bucket of water. This definitely is against many traditional beliefs and practices of the Christians today.

I personally was greatly blessed to learn these precious lessons and completely discard all the old religious knowledge I have acquired so far. In fact, henceforth, the church gospel preaching will take the new way.

Lord, save me fully to take the new way.