South Asia Update: Encountering the Truth

"J and "D" were studying the book of Luke with a B people couple.  The husband had already become a follower of Christ, but the wife was still outside the faith.  On this particular day, they came to the story in Luke 5 about some men lowering a paralytic on a mat through the roof, so that he lay before Jesus.  In v. 24, Jesus says "But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home."  Asked what she thought about this, the wife responded "I will need some time to think about this, because in this statement, Jesus is claiming to be God."  She got it, and she is not alone.  Thousands of individuals among the B people and neighboring ethnic groups in South Asia are being confronted with the claims and Christ, and many of them are responding by becoming his followers. We have completed two days of meetings on the B people work, and I am so encouraged by what I am hearing.  Sure, there are challenges--persecution, lack of funding, a heavy load on top leaders--but the gospel is spreading across this land and into neighboring countries.  The One with the authority to forgive sins is doing just that. Gary