Ministry of the Word to Bilaspur

As usual, after attending the books exhibition at Madku, on the Lord’s Day we came to fellowship with the saints who are meeting as the church in Bilaspur. 

The burden the Lord gave us this time was to help all the saints to grow in life. First, by showing them the meaning of a Christian life according to the Bible: The Christian life is to live Christ.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:21, RecVer)

For this to be true, there is a need for growth in life, which is Christ in our spirit spreading and saturation our soul, mind, emotion, and will. One of the greatest hindrances for growth in life is human natural concepts that can be dealt with by the renewing of the mind. So, a good number of Bible verses were used to delve deep into the matter of renewing the mind through the word of God till the mind of Christ becomes our mind.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, (Philippians 2:5, RecVer)

And then be full grown man until Christ makes His home in our hearts.

Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:4, RecVer)

That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be full of strength to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and height and depth are and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19, RecVer)

Furthermore, to help the saints practically, the emotion needing to love the Lord Jesus even above parents was also touched. And finally, the need for our human free will to be one with God’s will was also made known to the saints. Some young saints were not able to discern between God’s will and their parent's will. Sometimes, when parent's will did not align with God’s will, children were made to choose their parent's will in the guise of doing God’s will. Only by such dealing of the soul, can there be the growth in life for the building up of the Body of Christ. 

In fact, this was the burden the Lord gave me a few days ago. I already foreknew that the Lord wanted us to minister to the saints in the church in Bilaspur. This was also in line with the present speaking of the Lord; the growth in life for the building up of the Body of Christ.

This time the Lord restraint me from speaking anything other than the only burden He gave this time. Though there were some matters I thought to fellowship,  but the Lord strictly stopped me from fellowshipping. Even the brothers themselves did not bring any matter they brought to other brothers. It was not the time to deal with anything else other than dispense life through the ministry of the word. When the truth is ministered and life flows, there will be healing!

Then said He to me, This water flows out toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah and goes to the sea; when it flows into the sea, the water of the sea is healed. And every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes shall live, and there will be very many fish when this water comes there. And the water of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes. (Ezekiel 47:8-9, RecVer)

Lord, bless the church in Bilaspur and recover them fully into the fellowship of the Body of Christ!