The Master Builder
It is an uncompromising fact that the planter and the builder of the CHURCH is Jesus alone. Human strength, wisdom, money and materials takes the last factors of Evangelization. God’s Eternal plan is that no one should perish and go to hell, but to believe in Jesus and accept the free offer of Salvation by grace and enter in to the Kingdom of God.
Like any master builder, The Holy Spirit, locates the field for rising up His people and sends the preacher of the Gospel. While the owner and the head of the field is God himself, the preacher is like an expert engineer, who plans, designs and starts the construction.
The Holy Spirit fills the leader and the members of the local church with the “Gifts” and sends them out as His witness to win the lost souls.
In any building construction, various agencies work hard. Masons, bar benders, carpenters, Electricians, plumbers, floor masons and painters make a building a beautiful house. A church is like this beautiful building where God chooses to dwell. The foundation is dug very deep. Hard stones are laid along with the “Corner Stone”. And they go under the ground, concealed but hold the whole building very strong for years with out end. The foundation is Jesus and the Apostles. We simply build upon the foundation. None of us are allowed to build on our own foundations. To-day the so called leaders are laying new foundations and start to build and alas, before it is completed, the building falls.
When it comes to the raising the building, bricks are chosen in India. A brick is made out of earth. It is crushed and mixed hard. Then the earth mix goes in to a frame for a shape. It is dried on the sun light and goes in to the furnace and is burnt. The brick becomes strong and comes out red in color. Thus, the Holy Sprit makes every man strong in Christ through a process of purifying and usable with a purpose.
Then, brick by brick the walls raise. The full brick represents a grown up believer. The half ones the youth and the small pieces placed in between represents the children. The walls has 2 sides. Out side and inside. Both sides represent security and testimony. Every one of us live as living testimonies to our own house holds and then to the world out side. We plaster the wall with cement. This is Love. And we then paint it. This is light and testimony.
Apostle Paul was chosen by God as an apostle to the gentiles. He planted churches in his three missionary journeys. He had to depend upon the free will donations of saints, to support new Christians. Persecutions are many in kind. Every new believer faces severe persecution in India. We need to support them spiritually, morally and financially, till they are self-supported.
Christian brethren, who are richly blessed not only have the spiritual responsibility of admonishing and giving good guidance and counsel, but have a responsibility of supporting a mission work with their kind and cash.
Please! stand with us in promoting the cause of Christ.
