Seeker, Seeker, and Seeker

The Lord has His chosen ones everywhere. It is for this reason that we came all the way to Mumbai to attend a World Christian Expo 2018. Our main burden is for the introduction and distribution of the ministry of the word. It is in an expo like this that the genuine seekers will come to search for what they have been thirsting and hungering for. We are willing to pay the price to participate in such an event mainly to attract seekers to the Lord through the ministry of the word. The Lord knows our burden and has been blessing us too.

Here are seekers who came and found the Lord and His heart's desire.

A Seeking Christian 

A brother who received a book from our stall on the first day of the expo came again to get hold of more ministry books. Besides purchasing a bag full of books including the Holy Bible Recovery Version, I also fellowshipped with him on some crucial aspects of the truths concerning Christ and the church. 

Our fellowship began with "sonship" -being born of God in His life and nature, then "priesthood" -being called to serve as holy and royal priesthood, then "the ministry" -being the perfecting of the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ, "the church" -being the Body of Christ comprising every genuine believers irrespective of time and space with her local expression in a locality, and finally the present day recovery of these truths with its life practices. The seeking brother was so amazed and joyful that he finally found us, as he out of his spiritual draught and desperation, left the denomination he used to be in. Now he meets with few believers at home, following the pattern in the book of Acts. I was so glad as much as he was too, to have met each other. It was definitely for seeker like him that a price need to be paid to receive him into the flock of God. 

May the Lord fully recover him into the church life in Mumbai and may He also recover the church in Vasai, the families of believers he has been shepherding.

A Seeking Muslim 

A group of young men came to our stall and were addressed by a brother, introducing the word of God. When they were done, I got the opportunity to speak to them. One of them introduced himself as a Muslim, truly seeking for the true God. That statement was a shot in my arm. 

I testified of how I found the true and living God at the age of nineteen. I encouraged them to open to God and ask Him to reveal Himself to them. Since He is God, He would definitely reveal Himself. I also told them not to seek God in religion. Religion is serving God without God Himself. Debating over holy scriptures of different religions leads to nowhere. It is only religion that divides people. The true and living God has no religion. He is the Lord Jesus Christ who is the very God incarnate and is now the Spirit to be receivable and dispensable. In Christ Jesus is the answer to all questions on God and in Him is the end of all spiritual search. He must be experienced subjectively, not merely known. And He can be experienced by simply calling upon His name, Lord Jesus Christ, and praying to receiving Him as life and life supply, and believing into Him. The seeking man was gifted with a New Testament Recovery Version. May the Lord save them soon!

A Seeking Hindu 

A young man walked into the expo with a quest to learn something about God. The Lord sovereignly brought him to our stall. He introduced himself as a believer in Jesus but a Hindu by religion. His statement truly caught my attention. On further conversation, I discovered that he is an MBA student from Yale University  USA. Since I know of a professor from Yale University, he immediately requested me to introduce to him and the brothers in Yale at the University or its vicinity. He being so seeking for God, I deemed it best to preach the gospel afresh, and I showed him crucial Bible verses and lead him to receive the Lord. He prayed to receive the Lord and was so happy. A New Testament Recovery Version was gifted to him for his daily study.

At least for these genuine seekers, it is worth paying every price to shepherd them to the true Shepherd and the true living God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the flock of God, the church.