Ministry of the Word to Tirupati

Tirupati, the temple city of Hindu deities, was not new to my ears, except for my eyes. Time and again, I have heard and read about as it has been religiously frequented by many who placed their faith in the dieties. This was also one of the cities I wished to visit. This time, I could finally make it. But we arrived at the city late in the night and was surprisingly greeted with an abundance of nonveg food at a hotel, contrary to the notion of vegetarianism associated to the same faith in the North. The room that I and a brother was lodged in had a framed photos of two deities, black faces religiously adorned. As usual, I read my Bible straight facing the idol frames as I could not read for the day due to long drive. Interestingly, my Bible reading portion was on Exodus 20 onwards. 

And God spoke all these words, saying, I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the slave house; You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, nor the form of anything that is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water beneath the earth. You shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them; for I, Jehovah your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, (Exodus 20:1-5, RecVer)

What a timely word! What an exposition of the truth! What a revelation of the true and living God!

As I slept, the Lord burdened me with a message on "Open Vessel" from 2 Timothy. Even in a dream, the Lord gave me verse by verse, point by point of what to minister to the saints in the church in Tirupati! The message was clear and the burden heavy.

The following day, when the brothers asked me to minister the word after the Lord’s table meeting, I ministered on the need to be an open vessel to the Lord, for growth in the divine life, for the building up of the Body of Christ, for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose. Touching upon the background in which 2 Timothy was written with the burden to overcome the degraded situation of the church and the backslidden condition of the saints, the key burden was on the exercise of the human spirit with a stress on the eternal life, the divine truth, and the Holy Scriptures (chs 1, 2 ,3).

For which cause I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness. (2 Timothy 1:6-7, RecVer)

A good number of saints testified of the help they received and the enjoyment they had from the ministry of the word. The, we went to meet four of the old, big and famous Christian Pastors in Tirupati. All fo them appreciated the truth so much upon hearing the introduction of the Holy Bible Recovery Version and purchased them immediately! The Lord truly blessed the ministry of the word in Tirupati!

The next day, a Pastors' gathering was called for, wherein I ministered on the all-inclusive Christ typified by the good and spacious land in Exodus 3:8, Ephesians 3:8 and Deuteronomy 8:7-10. The Lord imparted this burden on the all-inclusive Christ as I considered and prayed for His timely word for the Christian leaders. All the brothers were richly supplied with the ministry of the word! Having thus accomplished the burden for this time, the last stop being the city Tirupati, I worship the Lord for His sovereignty and blessing.

In the local church too, the leading brothers have testified to me that our visit this time was a very timely visit. They have been struggling with coordination and oneness, but this visit and all the fellowship we enjoyed together have opened up the mysterious ministry hidden to them for years now. Four of the brothers personally testified to me that the Lord had cleared up their long pending enigma on the ministry and the practices of the church life in the Lord’s recovery. I had no idea about their condition before I came, neither did I have any intention to know, much less, try to help them. I simply followed the Spirit's anointing within and upon me and faithfully ministered the word using the ministry literature. 

Jesus is Lord in Tirupati!

Christ is Victor in Tirupati!

Lord, bless Your testimony in Tirupati!

You are the true and living God!

So shall it be made known to all the pilgrims and residents of this city of the deities.