Name: Prem Narayan Bhattarai
Ministry
Involvement & Title: Nepal Baptist Youth
Fellowship (Executive Secretary)
Short
Bio: I am from a beautiful country with
Himalayas; Nepal known as the height pick of the world Mt. Everest. I am
serving as youth secretary for Nepal Baptist Youth Fellowship (NBYF), which is
youth department of Nepal Baptist Church Council (NBCC).
Gate # 2:
The Fish Gate (Soul winning)
Short
Description
The city of Jerusalem was surrounded by the wall. Basically,
in those days; walls used to be made to protect the cities. The city Jerusalem
had 12 gates surrounded walls. This second gate, The Fish Gate was a gate in the north wall, just a little to the
east of the modern Damascus gate. It was the closest gate to the fish market,
and it is believed that fishermen from the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River,
Jewish and Syrian alike, used this gate to bring fish to market.
#1 Why/
How is this gate important to the Christian Faith?
As this gate used to be use mainly to bring fish to the
market, what could be the importance to the Christian faith for us? As Jesus
called the early disciples to be a part of His ministry He specifically gave
the answer this question. He said; "'Come, follow me,' Jesus said, 'and
I will make you FISHERS OF MEN.'" (Matt 4:19-20). So, this is our
basic mandate to be a Christian we are to be fishers of men and we are to feed
people spiritually.
#2 How
can this Gate be applied to one’s personal walk/ faith?
We are to witness Christ because all nations should praise
and worship Him. This gate is right after the 1st gate, Sheep Gate
(Salvation), which means as we are saved we are to witness people and save
them. The Bible says, “the harvest in
plentiful but the workers are few… “(Luke 10:2-4). Charls Spurgeon says,
“If you have no desire to see other people saved; then you are not saved
yourself, be sure of that.”
#3 What
is the most important lesson you learned from this gate?
If I have to answer why this soul winning is important then
I simply say, IF YOU SAY NO, HE IS NOT YOUR LORD, IF HE IS YOUR LORD YOU CAN
NOT SAY NO! The Fish Gate speaks to us of evangelism! We have all been called
to be "fishers of men"! This is our call so we must to this.
#4 What
have you learned from this gate that you would like to encourage/ challenge the
blog reader with?
My dear friends we have received Lord, now it is not enough
just to enjoy and keep silent. We are commanded to tell others. The Great
commission (Matt. 28:18-19) is for all of us and it has to be done (Matt 24:30).
So shall we move forward to Preach the Good News?
Amen!
