Dear Valued Praying Partners,
By God’s grace, because of your prayers and partnerships, the Bible College is going well.
Bible Training in Myitkyina:
By the grace of God, bro. Khup from Hebron Assembly and I (bro. Kap) were invited to teach and preach the Word of God at the Bible training held at Kachin Baptist Church (Muyin), Kyunpinthar Ward, Myitkyina from October 27th through November 1st, 2105. We wanted all the attendees to be sure of their salvation first. So, I (bro. Kap) taught the Gospel for the first two days. I asked the leaders to give a piece of paper to each attendee. Though there are many different kinds of beliefs, I wrote down five different kinds of beliefs on the whiteboard. These were:
(1) Salvation by doing good works
(2) Salvation by faith in Christ + good works
(3) Salvation by faith in Christ alone (by grace)
(4) Salvation by faith in Christ + water baptism
(5) Salvation by water baptism alone.
Then, I asked all the attendees to carefully choose his / her belief for salvation (to get to heaven) and to write it on the piece of paper. Afterwards, the leaders collected all of the pieces of paper and we checked them. Out of over 100 attendees, over 50 of them chose numbers 1, 2, 4 or 5. We then separated the attendees into two groups on the second day:
Group (1) – Those who chose No. 3 (Salvation by faith in Christ alone).
Group (2) — Those who chose No. 1, 2, 4, and 5 (Salvation by good works., by faith + good works., by faith + water baptism., and by water baptism alone).
From the second day (Oct. 28th), bro. Khup taught Christian Life to Group 1, and I (bro. Kap) taught about the Salvation to Group 2. By God’s grace and the work of the Holy Spirit, over 50 persons (the Lord knows the exact number) came to realize that no one can keep the Ten Commandments and no one can get to heaven by doing good works or water baptism. However, a sinner can receive salvation by accepting Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior and Lord (Rom. 5:12-14., Ps. 51:5., Rom. 3:10., 19., Eph. 2:8., John 1:12-13, etc.). A man (about 45 years old) came to me (bro. Kap) and said, “I am so ashamed because after attending the church services for over 40 years, I just realized that I, a sinner, can get salvation by grace (by accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and Lord).” BUT, he said… “I am so glad that I now have the assurance of salvation which I can never lose” (John 10:27- 29., Eph. 4:30.) “I am saved by grace to do good works” (Eph. 2:10). Praise the Lord!
Health Education:
Sister Caroline from U.K. who works with O.M. in Yangon graciously visited SEABC and effectively taught Health Education to the students on Nov. 12th, 2015.
Bro. Phil & Mary Parson from CMML (USA):
Bro. Phil and his wife Mary visited Pam and Zama and the educational school called Step Center for Academy in Yangon, Myanmar from November 18th through November 27th, 2015. Both of them attended Canaan Gospel Chapel on Sunday (Nov. 22) and Phil powerfully preached the Word of God and all the hearers were greatly blessed and encouraged. Both of them visited the SEA Bible College on the next day and all the students were also wonderfully strengthened and edified by hearing the message preached by bro. Phil at the students’ Chapel Service. Phil and Mary sang a special number and all the students also joyfully joined the chorus.
Thanksgiving:
For SEABC friends / partners, God’s provisions and protections for the teaching and equipping ministry of SEA Bible College.
Prayer Request:
(1) for the First Alumni Meet of SEABC to be held on Dec. 16-17, 2015;
(2) for the 7th Biennial Commencement (Graduation) to be held on Dec. 19, 2015.
Serving together for Christ,
Kap