TESTIMONY OF THE PASTOR
I Brother. Bhaskar Rao, am the founder and pastor of the church named “Indian new life fellow ship”. I wish to glorify our beloved God and savior Jesus Christ by sharing my testimony with you that what was my condition when I was attracted by the God, how I was called for his service and how I am being utilized by him now.
WHEN I DO NOT KNOW THE GOD
I belong to a small village called Poondla near Bapatla of Guntur (Dist), Andhra Pradesh. Mine was a small family and I am only the son of my parents. None of my family members know the truly and lively God. Not only that, all our ancestors including my father used to worship statues only. In addition to that, all my ancestors used to worship the idols in a old traditional, processional way. Worshiping their so called home goddess, offering sacrifices, offering chickens as sacrifices in the middle of betaal type marked rangoli, relieving from ghost spirit effects, gents wearing ladies dress and keeping the idol of goddess on his head etc. Not only that, people of any religion doing those type of processional worship have to bring all those items/things and follow whatever our ancestors say. Again, all sheep and goats which were brought for that procession have to be killed only by these elders. That too the sacrifice of killing goats etc has to be done in drunken state of dancing with each other. And all that violently killed animal’s meat; turmeric rice offered for the worship, coconuts broken for idol worship will have to be given to our family members only. All these eatables used /offered during worship and processions have to eaten by our elders only. The art of “Maatang” with full make-up is also displayed. At the same time, all group of people are seen doing dance in a full drunk state by using vigils, horns and drum beats on full sound and throwing various color powders on each other. They used to tell even stories of Gods & Goddess. There used to be lot of activities like magic, mantras, tantrum, eye rolling, attracting others into their control by using magic power and shutting down of dogs mouth by using mantra. They show that they are heaving magic powers in them. Thus, all above activities were keep on happening and reached up to my father. I was born on 01 January 1960. As 02 children were born and died before my birth, my mother thought that both of them were murdered by these ghosts/evil spirits and asked not to do all this. Since I am only the son, my parents brought up me with utter care and love. I was taught up to intermediate. Since I started to grow according to all worldly things, instead or studies, my concentration was used to be on sports, singing filmy songs, dance, imitating great and famous cinema actors, cutting steps like those actors, teaching all these to others in dramas /skits, working as play back singer, smoking cigarettes, consuming liquor and wandering here and there without any aim and purpose etc. I represented my school and played kabaddi at district level. I was the “best villain actor” award winner in my college. I could not pursue my studies by doing all this. While going on the things and passing the time in the way as I expressed above, my mother fallen sick very seriously and she could not walk even. At that time, running the home has also become very difficult due to financial crisis. But what God’s mercy was I got the job in Delhi Police. In the same year, I got married with a girl on 18-06-1986 within our relation. Since then, we are living in Delhi only. We are blessed with 02 daughters. But, as I was already living in worldly things as per my will and wish after becoming Delhi Police also, I started drinking daily and come to home at 2 O’clock in the night. I was invited for each and every party or function because I used to entertain them by imitating great actor’s dialogues and their step dances. But from the childhood my wife goes to church, reads Bible and attends prayer meetings even by going to nearly villages. But after coming to me, she also forgot the God totally by restricting herself within the home and by watching cinemas 24 hours in TV. She cooperates with me in all respects. So, in that way our life was going on without God.
CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH COOPERATED FOR REPENTANCE
My wife is having an uncle and his name is Mr. Yesupadam. He and I were very best friends since childhood. He was not having any child though married 10 years back. After conducting all tests/medicines on both wife and husband, doctors clearly told that they cannot be blessed with child. Finally, they adopted a girl. After adoption to their surprise, she was also a dumb and deaf by birth. One day when this girl was 04 years old, took full bottle of iron tablets which were expired 4 years back and got admitted to a hospital. After doing treatment, doctors declared that now she is conscious and out of danger. So, Mr. Yesupadam who is a Christian only for name sake reached home and opened the Bible with closed eyes, he got the verse Isaiah 42 : 14 which says the girl will die. When he opened the Bible again, the verse came like this “I will destruct your walls along with foundations”. After reading this verse, he could not believe this, because one side doctors told the girl was out of danger and the Bible says she will die. When he reached the hospital, she found dead. Then, he started thinking on the word of God one side and doctor’s statement on another side in his mind. Doctor’s told she will alive and Bible said she will die. Finally the word of God has been proved correct and perfect. Doctor’s told that children will not born to them. But according to Bible “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward” and “Shall I bring to the time of birth and not cause delivery? Shall I who cause delivery, shut up the womb?” Says our God. With these words of God, he fully believed and kept faith that even for having children also God’s word will be proved right and started praying to the God 8 hours per day with repentance that his wife should be conceived within a year time. With the God’s great mercy and blessings, his wife conceived well before 01 year time. Thus, God has proved himself that nothing is impossible for him by making doctor’s statement wrong. Praise the lord and glory to the God. Not only this, he prayed for 09 months with fasting for female child and before delivery itself God promised the same and it happened the same. After that, he was blessed with four girls. Not only that, he has been gifted with spiritual “healing power” with which all types of diseases were healed, evil spirits were thrown away as the Lord was with him. Since he was my friend, he knows how I am. That is why he wanted me to feel repentance and turn to God, otherwise I will go to hell and he writes letters to us regularly by explaining all above things and to keep faith in God. Just to escape from the God’s angry and to curse all my bad habits/deeds, he used to write to her daughter telling that I should realize with repentance and look forward for God’s coming. Still we could not elect the God as our first and foremost person. But my wife fallen in dangerously ill when she has gone to Andhra Pradesh and when he prayed in the name of Jesus, she got healed immediately. This healing power caused my wife to turn towards God. How it happened – Because the secrecy behind my quick healing can be that one who is alive can hear and cure. Jesus Christ has been crucified and resurrected and was able to hear immediately. Then why he died – since all human beings are sinners, is it not to resurrect from sins and to make people sanctified by escaping them from hell? Then, if I do not accept Jesus fully, shall I go to hell? How can we adjust in that hell for generations together, when we cannot tolerate small pains here. So, Jesus has to be accepted. Getting healed means it is clear that there are hell and heaven! Man has to die. Her uncle felt that if we are not is Christ, we will be thrown into hell, this he realized after trying all his efforts and failed and known about God because of a thorn. That is why, I can also be strong with God, then she also requires a thorn, but had that pain affected to her husband or children, there could not be this much of change. So, had she suffer with a dangerous disease, she may change because normal disease can be cured by doctor’s treatment. She used to pray the God to put cancer into her so as to stay in the God, permanently at least till her death. After some days, she started getting very dangerous stomachache. As usual, since it was not cured after treatment and medicine in Andhra as well as Delhi, ultrasound test was conducted on the advise of doctor and it was found that there was a 3.5 cms tumor at the right side of uterus (Womb) and it has to be removed only by operation and not with medicine. If it is operated, it can be only 4 to 5 stitches and it is delayed, she has to be bad ridden permanently and uterus along with 02 tubes on both sides have to be removed with 35 stitches that time. Then, my wife said that God has given me this thorn after hearing my prayer request and therefore, she will not undergo operation. She said that God had loved and gave her tumor instead of cancer and conveyed thanks. From that day, she felt repentance by accepting sins and started praying, and reading the Bible whole day. With that I got very angry, scolded and told if your don’t undergo operation, you will die. Has God not made my uncle a father of children when doctor’s confirmed that they cannot give birth to a child after ten years of their marriage. If it is the will of God, he will remove my tumor and no problem even not done. I will be more strong in God and escape from the hell. I felt very angry and shouted that there is no God, if at all he is there, no God can cure the diseases. Still with her strong belief and faith, she did not care my words at all. I will see how God will heal you – I said to her. Till then, she started praying along with children. My aim was to teach them dancing to make them cine actors and to take them to park for doing exercises. But I was very much worried because what could be fate of my children and me if she dies, as nobody was there to look after us and I was undergoing mental agony by not disclosing this. But she was feeling very happy. After some days, when I asked her that how was her pain, to my surprise, she told that no pain at all. I could not realize. But one day, I opened the Bible when I was alone hoping that what verse shall I get and what will happen to my wife. Then, it was Psalms 118 : 18 which says “The lord has punished me severely, but not given over to death”. I was astonished and repeatedly opened the Bible and got the same verse. With that, what I understood was nothing will happen to my wife with the tumor and from that day; I started the prayer with them. Wife and I started going to church together. During that time also, I was continuing drinking, consuming tobacco with pan and living as per my will and wish. I was thinking in mind that what shall I get if I hear and read Bible and feel repentance by accepting sins and leaving all worldly habits. With those thoughts in mind, I was shown the verse Mathew 19:27-28 and God told that I will be in his kingdom. We both took Baptism on 19 Nov 1994 and got rebirth in Lord Jesus.
HOW GOD CALLED WITH BURDEN OF HIS SERVICE
After reading Bible fully, if I say to believe the Jesus Christ, how can I answer other people who follows Hindu Ethics. Why should they go to hell? With that, when I prey the God with burden, he showed me in dream the verse I Thessalonians 5:21 which says – “Test everything and hold on the good”. Then God showed some books showing the difference between and Jesus Christ and so called Gods. Accordingly, I got all those books and read them. Then I understood that Jesus only can give the deliverance from sins, he will take birth from the virgin’s womb in a cowshed, for the redemption from all sins, shedding of blood is required which was happened through Jesus only, he only died for sins and resurrected. I believed that it was Jesus, son of God who can save us from hell because he did not take birth from sinful mankind. From this, a great ambition took place in my mind that I should spread this truth to all. Accordingly, I started telling about Jesus Christ to each and every one whoever come across to me, may it be poor fellow, rich man or a pujari (priest) in a temple. And when they accept Jesus as their savior, I send them to a nearest fellowship or church. In the same way, I explained a sister that there is no God in statues and sent her to one fellowship, but what happened in that church, on the occasion of Baptism, they displayed a cinema Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. As a result, she stooped going to that church and when she told me this, I was totally demoralized because why these people are being sent towards sinful life, I used to pray for all to whom I preached the gospel. We met a pastor in one of the family prayer and when I have gone there all of sudden we don’t know each other. But he started prophesying ‘the will of god’ on me as God’s holy spirit mounted upon him that in coming days I am going to build a fellowship and use for his service greatly, my whole body is filled with full of verses, a powerful lighting from heaven is falling with lots of Bibles are being poured on me, and Satan is trying to attack on me after ten days just to stop all this, the pastor said. So, we started praying with trust that if I am eligible for his work, he will save me. As prophesied by the pastor, I met with a big accident, god has saved us. Other day, I prayed and told that I am not eligible to be a servant of God. He showed me a pastor with ugly face through a vision and further expressed that when he can serve the God, why not you and his Bible has been given to me and said I have to preach the word of God to thousands of people. I got some courage, but not able to dare. At another time, when I attended a big prayer meeting, there a pastor called me by name from the crowd of 3 lakhs people and prayed to serve the God in Delhi. After that, God has blessed with the gift of healing power. How it was proved, when my father suffered a paralysis stroke and his mouth was shut down and both hands and legs were bent out of shape, I along with my wife prayed the God. He was healed completely within 20 minutes. On the same night God showed me a village called Kaanaa in a dream, where Jesus Christ did his first miracle by converting water as grape juice in a marriage dinner. In the same way this was first miracle in your life – Jesus said. Till then lot many miracles were done within my own home and outside. In this process, God showed through a vision that a golden apple kept in a silver plate entered into my heart immediately a lamb when wondering around my legs, a voice come out from heaven and said – if you pray for those whoever come to you by treating them as your own, I will heal them by listing to your prayer. Accordingly, God did lot of healings and miracles, may it be cancer, AIDS or childless or normal type of deceases and keep on doing now also. All glory to the God who fulfilled his promise. In continuation of this, after some time, on the day of 18th January 1997, God made me to stand as a separate church. The name of this church also told by God in his own voice as “Indian New Life Fellowship” (Romans 6: 4). Since the beginning if separately established church, God blessed with his mercy in spreading the gospel at various places and to give Baptism to so many believers. More importantly, God helped us a lot in bringing name sake believers and those who are not in order as per his law into his strong faith and belief. God helped me by giving lap top and computer to strengthen his work and service in running the “Gospel Explossure” and to distribute tracks. More importantly, God has blessed and showed the way in purchasing land for church during 2004 and in constructing the church in 2007 in a metropolitan great city, like Delhi. With the inspiration of God, a calendar on the book of revelations is also printed. A Maruti Van was also given for the church in 2009.
Above all these, very importantly, God told me to serve him by continuing my job like St Paul. Till today, I am continuing in the love of God like this. God is utilizing us with the help of Holy Spirit by not tempting for any name or fame. Now God is using to worship his name at 05 places in Delhi. Not only that, he blessed to spread the gospel through web site also. Praise to the Lord.
Gospel-Explossure
GOD BEING DONE HIS WORK IN PARTICULAR TIMINGS AND PARTICULAR SESSIONS
AS PER HIS ACCORDANCE
Jehovah’s Time Period: In the Books of Old Testament (From Genesis to Malachi) God shown himself in the name of Jehovah. At a moment Moses asked God to tell the name, God answered as Jehovah. Jehovah means “Iam who Iam”. The word Iam who Iam means he was there before creating the Creation or First Born and self structured. It does mean that from the time of creating the creation. He is being appeared in each and every eve. He talked through the prophets’ mouth. He talked about upcoming salvation by prophets indirectly, which does mean of son. Holy Spirit did the work, by standing in people who ever cleansed or purified of sin by putting trust on Jehovah and doing sacres told by him only. From Genesis to the book of Malachi you never can find the name Jesus Christ directly, because that was Jehovah’s session.
SON’S TIME PERIOD:–When the fullness of time had come, god became as son in Jesus name through woman’s womb(galatians-4:4).For this, it is written very clearly in four gospels according to Mathew, Mark, Luke and John many times lord Jesus cleared about himself as God is father to him and he is son of God. Those who disagreed the son they all were justified as sinners. Not only that whoever does not obey the word of Christ, the wrath of God remains on him (John 3:36).The holy spirit did the works dwelling in son. He gave the life to died ones, healed the patients, given the righteous preaches, taught about God’s way. At last he shed the blood, died, buried, raised from death by getting victory on it, appeared to so many people for 40 days, ascended to heaven and stood at father’s right hand side.
HOLY SPIRIT’S TIME PERIOD:-Father’s promise spirit glorifying the Christ, by resting on the people those whoever believed in Christ on the day of Pentecostal, and doing miracles by them. From Christ resurrected, that means from the book of Acts of the Apostles till the book of Revelation, the Holy Spirit had let the Christ devotees do so many kinds of deeds. He is being done the work from the day of Pentecostal till Christ’s second coming. There are two types of coming of Christ.
1. Coming: In this Christ will not come down unto earth but he will come unto mid sky. Then Holy Spirit will hand over the church to Christ.
2. Appearing: After the end of 7years tribulations, Christ will come down to the earth along with his church. And then he will bind (arrest) the Satan and the Anti Christ as well and will rule for 1000 years on earth.
Lord Jesus Christ told that “Iam going, and will be back again, but the Holy Spirit will stay with you forever (John-14:16). And in Ephessians-4:30 St.Paul writes as this Holy Spirit only sealed us for the day of redemption. Dear brother and sister, am praying for you all also be sealed with same. May Holy Spirit guard your hearts and thoughts. Amen…..
With Regards,
Christ foot servant cum Church Pastor,
Rev. G.Bhaskar, INLF.
Salvation-And-Healing-Hospital
Padma: My name is Padma and I am member of Indian Newlife Fellowship. I live in Andrews Ganj of Delhi. I have two children. Both of them were sick. I was worried for a long time because my daughter Havilah (2.6yrs old) was suffering from high fever. In that time I trusted Jesus and asked our pastor to pray in Jesus name and praise the lord, the fever flee away from her. And my son Zephaniah (1yr. old) also got fever. In previous days he ever undergoes to Epilepsy/Convulsions at the time of fever. That was Sunday when he got the fever. Then I went to church instead of going to Doctor as I thought that if pastor pray to God for my child then God will heal him. That time I reached there the worship was going on. But the fever becoming high, and the epilepsy strokes/Convulsions also started, the child was crying very much, his legs and arms were also going to be crooked. Then I went to pastor immediately and asked with faith to pray for my child and he prayed in Jesus name. Then my son got permanent healing. I praise God very much for he shown mercy on my children by listening our pastor’s prayer. Not only that, God placed the peace in my family by giving relief from all of my problems and pains (difficulties), for what I’m thirst in thanks giving to him. Praise the lord….
Shanti: My name is Shanti and is a believer in INLF church. I live in Air Force colony of Delhi. A sudden swell has appeared in my leg and that was paining very much. And I praise the lord for that was healed by the prayer of our pastor. My mother lives in Kharag pur of Calcutta. Suddenly she got fever and her knees swelled very bad and paining very much. Then it came to know by a phone call of my sister as mother was admitted in a hospital, but no recovery in fever after all treatment and giving medicines by Doctor. Then I tried to make a prayer on-phone with our pastor but because of network inconvenience it was not done till three days. No recovery has come in mother’s condition during those three days. By God’s grace on the fourth day the talking were done in phone, then our pastor rebuked the fever in the name of Jesus. Then she got miraculous heal, the fever flee away and the knees swelling also cured as well. Now my mother is very well at our home. The fever which hasn’t downed to normal by doctor’s treatment, but God healed at a time listening pastor’s prayer. Let full of praises and glory to our precious lord Jesus Christ. Amen……….
Poonam: My name is Poonam and I am believer in INLF church. I live in Andrews Ganj of Delhi. One day we went to Orissa for my sister-in-law expired. There I and my husband spread the Gospel along with giving our familiars a solatium. One day my mother-in-law was fighting with death and life. Then I and my husband explained her about Jesus Christ and prayed for her and brought her faith to be strong. Then Lord Jesus Christ gave her the complete recover. We are so grateful of our lord for same. After few more days a young boy from our family only expired. By watching those two deaths, I was afraid very much. From then an evil spirit attacked on me. Because of that I became very weak in bodily and solemnly as well. I had no interest in eating food, and I was unable to digest anything. Great pains were there in body. And that evil spirit was talking with me as I’ll kill you and I’ll take you. And I feared very much by thinking as I’ll die and started crying too much. As I was crying, my husband also started crying. I was getting the pain and sorrow from body. Finally, I had vomiting also. At that time we called up to our pastor’s wife. And they prayed for me with much burden and condemned the evil spirit in the name of Jesus. Then the evil spirit flees away from me, and she strengthened me with the word of God. My vomiting were stopped and well begun to get hungry. Thus I strengthened with the word of God by attending each and every cottage meetings held by INLF church. I am very thankful to God, for he condemned the demon from me and well recovered my body and also strengthened my faith as well.
GOD’S WILL TOWARDS HUMAN BEINGS
Dear Brothers and Sisters, greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. After reading of those three testimonies given up, we comes to understand that, if we ask God with faith in the name of Jesus Christ, then God listens our prayers and definitely do’s our help. Asking in Jesus Christ name is must. Because the word of God (Mathews 7:7) says as, ‘Ask, and it will be given to you’ and everyone will get those who ask. But in a parable (Luke 11:8) told that, “Because of your shameless persistence, you will get”. Similarly Luke -18:1 says as “Men ought always to pray and not to faint”. That does mean as God’s wish is that only whatever we ask shall be given to us. Not only to get exit from diseases, problems and persecutions, but also to get redemption from Satan (the evil spirit). At the same time God wishes human beings to get redeem from sins also. For these Jesus Christ had come unto this earth to free the human beings from sins. By his stripes only human beings got healed (I peter – 2:24). So we read as, because of these two issues only Jesus offered his life. And we can observe in Book of Isaiah – 53 as God’s intension in sending Jesus Christ was also same. Not only that, before we ask God-we already got all needs like food, water, air, light etc. God loves us very much. The proof witness for that is, God sent Jesus Christ in to this world (John-3:16). If we ask any thing in the name of Jesus Christ, obviously he will give them for us. Therefore God’s wish is, whatever we ask, we shall get. So now let us get the deliverance from the tenderness of diseases and spiritual problems by asking in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, whoever can give the answer for all………
Amen….