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Bakht Singh Chabra (1903 - 2000). Indian evangelist, church planter, and Bible teacher born in Joiya, Punjab (now Pakistan), to a devout Sikh family. Educated at Punjab University, he studied agricultural engineering in England (1926-1928) and Canada (1929-1932), embracing a Western lifestyle, including smoking and drinking, while rejecting his Sikh roots by shaving his hair. Initially hostile to Christianity—once tearing a Bible apart—he converted in 1929 in Winnipeg after reading the New Testament, influenced by Christian friends John and Edith Hayward. Returning to India in 1933, he began preaching as an Anglican evangelist, later becoming independent, sparking the 1937 Martinpur revival, a pivotal movement in Indian Christianity. In 1941, after a night of prayer in Chennai, he founded Hebron Ministries, establishing over 10,000 indigenous churches modeled on New Testament principles across India and South Asia. Singh authored books like How I Got Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory and held annual “Holy Convocations” in Madras, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Kalimpong, drawing thousands. Married to Rama Bai at age 12 in 1915, little is recorded of their personal life. His contextualized gospel, blending Indian spirituality with biblical truth, earned him the title “Elijah of the 21st Century” in Indian Christendom. Singh’s words, “I have never asked any man for anything, but the Lord is richly supplying all my needs,” reflect his faith-driven ministry. Despite Parkinson’s disease in his final decade, his legacy endures through Hebron’s global network and writings, praised by figures like Ravi Zacharias.
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Bakht Singh preaches on the importance of hunger and thirst for righteousness as the first step towards true blessedness. He emphasizes the need to seek God diligently, find Him through Jesus Christ, and be filled with His power and Spirit. Bakht Singh encourages hunger for the Word of God and a desire to grow in holiness, promising that those who earnestly seek righteousness will be satisfied by God.
True Blessedness
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." (Matthews 5;6) The first step on the way to true blessedness is hunger. We must be hungry and thirsty for spiritual blessings. We must be hungry to know the Truth. We must be thirsty to know more about our Creator. If you are hungry you’ll search for it. If you are thirsty you’ll endeavor for it. And when you are really hungry to something and keep trying for it, ultimately you’ll find it. The Bible tells us that there are many things for which we have to be hungry and thirsty. In the book of Psalms the sons of Kora declare that they are thirst of God Himself. They want to know God, see God and listen to His voice and fellowship with Him. That is the first thing we have to do. We must be thirsty for God. So many people don't care, they think of God or do search for Him. It is a sin not to be thirsty for God. If you are thirsty for God you’ll search for Him diligently and ultimately find Him. In fact the members of the fallen, Adamic and sinful human beings can never find God out just by searching. Finding God was made possible when Jesus died on Cross for Adam’s children. Jesus paid the price for the forgiveness of all our sins. Because of what Christ has done on the Cross we can now search for God, find Him and make peace with Him through the blood of Christ. Secondly, after finding God we must be thirsty to be filled with His power. If we want to be filled with the power of God we must be filled with the Spirit of God. So, we must be thirsty to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit. In John 7:37,38 Jesus said “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him”. Jesus was talking about the experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Then we must be hungry for the Word of God too. We must also be hungry to become righteous. We must not be satisfied with our life which are full of stumbling and shortcomings. We must have the desire to grow in holiness and righteousness. Jesus promises in the present text that those who are really hungry and thirsty for righteousness will sure be satisfied! This is the promise of God – “if you are really desirous of becoming holy, no matter how weak you are and no matter how many times you are falling some day in near future you will become holy”. You’ll be satisfied if you are not hungry for spiritual issues. You’ll be dissatisfied in this life and in the life to come. May God give you the wisdom to be thirst for the right things. God bless you!
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Bakht Singh Chabra (1903 - 2000). Indian evangelist, church planter, and Bible teacher born in Joiya, Punjab (now Pakistan), to a devout Sikh family. Educated at Punjab University, he studied agricultural engineering in England (1926-1928) and Canada (1929-1932), embracing a Western lifestyle, including smoking and drinking, while rejecting his Sikh roots by shaving his hair. Initially hostile to Christianity—once tearing a Bible apart—he converted in 1929 in Winnipeg after reading the New Testament, influenced by Christian friends John and Edith Hayward. Returning to India in 1933, he began preaching as an Anglican evangelist, later becoming independent, sparking the 1937 Martinpur revival, a pivotal movement in Indian Christianity. In 1941, after a night of prayer in Chennai, he founded Hebron Ministries, establishing over 10,000 indigenous churches modeled on New Testament principles across India and South Asia. Singh authored books like How I Got Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory and held annual “Holy Convocations” in Madras, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Kalimpong, drawing thousands. Married to Rama Bai at age 12 in 1915, little is recorded of their personal life. His contextualized gospel, blending Indian spirituality with biblical truth, earned him the title “Elijah of the 21st Century” in Indian Christendom. Singh’s words, “I have never asked any man for anything, but the Lord is richly supplying all my needs,” reflect his faith-driven ministry. Despite Parkinson’s disease in his final decade, his legacy endures through Hebron’s global network and writings, praised by figures like Ravi Zacharias.