Gospel Friend: A Couple

It was three weeks ago when we were door knocking in DLF-3 that we were led to knock on the door of a couple who surprisingly welcomed us into their home. First, it was a lady who peeped out of the door and inquired why we knocked on her door. Wasting no time, I gave her gospel tract and preached the gospel right away. When she learned that we were preaching the gosple of Jesus Christ she immediately introduced herself as one who believed into the Lord Jesus Christ and welcomed us in. Then, the first home meeting with them began.

She introduced her husaband and herself to us, and began to narrate their story of when and how they came to know about the Lord Jesus Christ. They both belonged to a priestly caste, Brahmin. They both believed into the Lord Jesus Christ but were not yet baptised. They even used to go to church for a couple of years, but a few months ago they stopped completely. The reason for their discontinuation was due to their family background and the pracrtice of idolatry. As they began to believe into the Lord Jesus Christ, they both found a concflict withint heir being. Inwardly they believed into the Lord, yet at the same, they still practiced idolatry. In fact, at one point in time they even left idolatry but because of their family members' insistense and conflict in their religious beliefs, they went back to idolatry. For this very reason, they got backslidden and were without any proper fellowship and shepherding.

As we listened to them, the Lord's burden within me was to help them in the basic matter of faith. So I expounded the Bible and preached the gospel of Jesus Christ in a fresh way using relevant Bible verses. In fact, with both of them and two other saints along with me, we had a home meeting right away on The Mystery of Human Life. I requested both of them to read in Hindi, after which I exercised my Hindi to explain the truth. Then I led both of them to call on the Lord and to pray the sinners' prayer of which they willingly did. After the prayer, they both felt very happy and joyful. We were also very joyful that the Lord blessed us with a family who would call upon Him and believe into Him. 

The following week on a Saturday morning I texted the husband, enquiring about their well being. He texted me back asking me to visit him ASAP(as soon as possible). That morning I already had my own plan and texted back that I would not be able to visit them but invited them to come for the meeting on the Lord's day instead. But as I was reading my Bible, the Lord spoke a clear word to me concerning how the apostle Paul saw a dream of a Macedonian calling him to visit them and help them, and how he obeyed the Lord's leading and went to Macedonia.

Acts16:9   And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: A certain man, a Macedonian, was standing and entreating him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.16:10  And when he had seen the vision, we immediately endeavored to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to announce the gospel to them.

Immediately I called the husband and told him that I would be visiting them within half an hour time.  A brother and I went to visit them. We had a very sweet and wonderful home meeting with prayer, singing of hymn, and study of the word. Our main burden was to help them in the basic truth concerning the experience of God's full salvation. We pray-read and memorized three Bible verses and released our burden on helping them experience the Lord by calling upon the name of the Lord and expounded the matter of baptism and its significances.

Acts 2:21 And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Romans 10:13 For “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned.

Out of burden from the Lord, I gifted them a big Hindi full Bible, a set of Life Lessons(Vol. 1-4), and a New Believers' HWMR.

Praise the Lord for such a couple whom the Lord has been preserving to bear His testimony! May the Lord grace them to enjoy His full salvation.