Baptism of a "Life-Insurer"

Three weeks ago, a new one came to the meeting with the intention of selling a "Life Insurance Policy," as he has been working as a manager of an insurance agency. This meeting was recorded in http://palmeichung.blogspot.com/2018/07/new-ones-gospel-preaching.html. After three weeks, the same person came again yesterday, to my surprise. 

As we sat down to fellowship, the first question he asked me was on baptism. Because when he came first, a few weeks ago, I preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to him and led him to receive the Lord in prayer, which he willingly did. Thereafter, I also mentioned baptism for the full enjoyment of God's complete salvation so as to be able to be insured lifetime with the eternal life of God, the best life-insurance policy ever. His quest for baptism triggered an alertness within me to treat his visit seriously and help him to be baptised according to the word of God.

To address his concern, I took a Bible and asked him to read Mark 16:16 together with the footnote on baptism as mentioned in the Recovery Version of the New Testament. I also invited a brother to join the fellowship to shepherd the new one into a proper baptism. After an hour long fellowship on baptism, he also clarified few doubts about what would happen and what needs to be done if he would commit himself fully to the Lord and take baptism. Our simple reply was that the Lord as the Spirit within him would lead and guide him. 

After a wonderful time of shepherding in mutuality, we also came to know that the Spirit has been working on him for the past six months. He shared that he used to be an ardent believer in superstition, yet suddenly, six months ago, his sensible mind reasoned with him as to why he needed to wear precious stones as rings all over his hands? The God who hides Himself secretly convicted him about the vanity of his superstituous beliefs which led him to remove all "talsimas" and gemstones rings from his hands. He proudly showed us that his hands were clean now.

He also tesfied how he felt so good in his inward being when he first came and attended the Lord's table meeting. He was so impressed by the way he was treated, and he felt being accepted immediately. He even said that in his business he reads people's mind and knows exactly if people were interested in him or not. In fact, he even boasted that he had met a lot of people already and could easily discern people. In the church meeting too, he could discern that he was genuinely welcomed and accepted. That cherished him so much, that's why he willingly came again.

After presenting the full truth of the Bible concerning salvation and baptism, he willing decided to get baptsied. Then, as the church in Gurugram, we baptised him! 

His first prayer after baptism was his expression of thankfulness and love for the Lord Jesus Christ, and for his household salvation. He felt so good that he started praying and calling upon the Lord's name. The first lesson on shepherding we had with him was on "assurance, security and joy of salvation" and "the result of salvation-clearance of the past." He joyfully read the entire truths by himself and we all amened his reading with a little explanation. We gifted him with the New Testament, the Recovery Version, and a complete set of Life-Lessons.

May the Lord make him a remaining fruit for the church!