12 Essentials Of A New Believer
12 ESSENTIALS OF A NEW BELIEVER
We must be saved, but at times it is hard to know where to begin. What does it mean to be saved? The word saved means to deliver to protect, to heal and to preserve. Once we give our lives to Christ we must learn how to apply essentials that will help us walk in the deliverance, the protection, the healing, the preservation that produces transformed lives.
I have outlined 12 essentials for you to begin praying and working toward. Remember it is not an overnight process but stick with it until Jesus comes back. The race toward salvation is not given to the fastest runner but to the one that sticks with it until the end. Titus 3:5 John 3:16
Additional Reading: Proverbs 28:18; Luke 7:36-50; Acts 11:14 John10:9; Ish 45:22; Acts 16:31, Eph 2:5-8; Romans 10:13;8:24, 10:9 Mark 16:16
**Remember that none of the above is an option its all or nothing. We must
Be careful not to pick and choose what scripture we will apply to our lives.
12 Essentials:
1. Faith- You must have it to come to God. Heb. 11:6
Additional Reading: John 3:16 Romans 10:17 Eph 1:13 I Cor.1:21
2. Repent- True repentance is a turning from sin both in heart/emotion and in the mind/thinking. We must both feel sorrow in our hearts and support he sorrow in the resources of our mind.
Additonal Reading: Romans 2:4 IICor.7:10, John 6:44, 45,65, Romans 10:10, Acts 11:18, Luke 24:47
3. Baptism in the name of JESUS, Acts 22:16
Our sins our washed away in the waters of Baptism.
Additional Reading: John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Luke 24:27, Acts 8:16, Acts 22:16, I Cor 6:11, I Peter 3:20-21, Romans 6:3-4 Col 2:1, Gal 3:27, Acts 2:41, 8:12-16, 10:44-48 and 19:1-6.
4. Receive ye the Holy Ghost spoken of in John 14:15-18 and introduced in Acts 2:1-4;38.
****PLEASE NOTE: THE SAME EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABE FOR YOU AND ME TODAY*****
Additional Reading: Romans 8:9, Matt 3:11, Acts 1:15, Acts 2:4, Joel 2:28-29, Acts 8, 10, 19:1-6.
5. The BIBLE- The word of God is a powerful source.
4 things the word of God can do for you.
1. Defeat Satan Matt 4:1-11
2. Withstand evil Heb 1:3
3. Change you Psalms 19; 7-11
4. Is a weapon – THE BIBLE IS GOD’S THOUGHTS AND WAYS EXPRESSED
A. Sword of the spirit Eph 6:17
B. Weapon of warfare II Cor 10:4-5
C. Sharper than a sword Heb 4:12
D. Teaches us how to think Phil 4:8
6. Prayer is communicating with God.
A. Prayer gets your spirit closer to Him
B. Prayer changes your attitude
C. Prayer affects the enemy
D. Prayer changes heaven
E. Your Prayer affects others.
7. The Godhead – 1 God 3 manifestations
A. Father in creation
B. Son in redemption
C. The Holy Spirit that dwells within us.
Additional Reading: Deut. 6:4, Ish 43:11, 54;5, Mark 12:32, Romans 3:30, ICor 8:4, 8:16, Eph 4:5; James 2:19
8. Christian Character Gal 5:22-26
A. Good Words Speaking things that edify Titus 3:2 James 3:1-18
B. Good Works Do things that edify Titus 3:8 Gal 6:9-10 Col 1:10
9. Your Family- The Divine Order.
CHRIST
Head of the Husband
Lord of the Family
HUSBAND
Head of the wife
Chief authority over the children
The wife
The help meet of the Husband
2nd in authority over children
The Children
Respectful and obedient to parents
10. Faithfulness in the following Areas:
Worship Psalms 150, Psalms 66, ITim 2, IICor 9
Giving Malachi 3:8-10, Luke 18:12
Attendance Heb. 10:25
To the Ministry Heb 13:7, 13:17
STAY FAITHFUL EVEN WHEN TIMES ARE ROUGH
11. Spiritual Warfare
2 Battle Fronts :
A. Things we bring on our selves
B. Things satan brings on us.
12. REMEMBER, YOU ARE PART OF A POWERFUL CHURCH
See hand out
. The proper relationship between ministry and the church.
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We must be saved, but at times it is hard to know where to begin. What does it mean to be saved? The word saved means to deliver to protect, to heal and to preserve. Once we give our lives to Christ we must learn how to apply essentials that will help us walk in the deliverance, the protection, the healing, the preservation that produces transformed lives.
I have outlined 12 essentials for you to begin praying and working toward. Remember it is not an overnight process but stick with it until Jesus comes back. The race toward salvation is not given to the fastest runner but to the one that sticks with it until the end. Titus 3:5 John 3:16
Additional Reading: Proverbs 28:18; Luke 7:36-50; Acts 11:14 John10:9; Ish 45:22; Acts 16:31, Eph 2:5-8; Romans 10:13;8:24, 10:9 Mark 16:16
**Remember that none of the above is an option its all or nothing. We must
Be careful not to pick and choose what scripture we will apply to our lives.
12 Essentials:
1. Faith- You must have it to come to God. Heb. 11:6
Additional Reading: John 3:16 Romans 10:17 Eph 1:13 I Cor.1:21
2. Repent- True repentance is a turning from sin both in heart/emotion and in the mind/thinking. We must both feel sorrow in our hearts and support he sorrow in the resources of our mind.
Additonal Reading: Romans 2:4 IICor.7:10, John 6:44, 45,65, Romans 10:10, Acts 11:18, Luke 24:47
3. Baptism in the name of JESUS, Acts 22:16
Our sins our washed away in the waters of Baptism.
Additional Reading: John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Luke 24:27, Acts 8:16, Acts 22:16, I Cor 6:11, I Peter 3:20-21, Romans 6:3-4 Col 2:1, Gal 3:27, Acts 2:41, 8:12-16, 10:44-48 and 19:1-6.
4. Receive ye the Holy Ghost spoken of in John 14:15-18 and introduced in Acts 2:1-4;38.
****PLEASE NOTE: THE SAME EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABE FOR YOU AND ME TODAY*****
Additional Reading: Romans 8:9, Matt 3:11, Acts 1:15, Acts 2:4, Joel 2:28-29, Acts 8, 10, 19:1-6.
5. The BIBLE- The word of God is a powerful source.
4 things the word of God can do for you.
1. Defeat Satan Matt 4:1-11
2. Withstand evil Heb 1:3
3. Change you Psalms 19; 7-11
4. Is a weapon – THE BIBLE IS GOD’S THOUGHTS AND WAYS EXPRESSED
A. Sword of the spirit Eph 6:17
B. Weapon of warfare II Cor 10:4-5
C. Sharper than a sword Heb 4:12
D. Teaches us how to think Phil 4:8
6. Prayer is communicating with God.
A. Prayer gets your spirit closer to Him
B. Prayer changes your attitude
C. Prayer affects the enemy
D. Prayer changes heaven
E. Your Prayer affects others.
7. The Godhead – 1 God 3 manifestations
A. Father in creation
B. Son in redemption
C. The Holy Spirit that dwells within us.
Additional Reading: Deut. 6:4, Ish 43:11, 54;5, Mark 12:32, Romans 3:30, ICor 8:4, 8:16, Eph 4:5; James 2:19
8. Christian Character Gal 5:22-26
A. Good Words Speaking things that edify Titus 3:2 James 3:1-18
B. Good Works Do things that edify Titus 3:8 Gal 6:9-10 Col 1:10
9. Your Family- The Divine Order.
CHRIST
Head of the Husband
Lord of the Family
HUSBAND
Head of the wife
Chief authority over the children
The wife
The help meet of the Husband
2nd in authority over children
The Children
Respectful and obedient to parents
10. Faithfulness in the following Areas:
Worship Psalms 150, Psalms 66, ITim 2, IICor 9
Giving Malachi 3:8-10, Luke 18:12
Attendance Heb. 10:25
To the Ministry Heb 13:7, 13:17
STAY FAITHFUL EVEN WHEN TIMES ARE ROUGH
11. Spiritual Warfare
2 Battle Fronts :
A. Things we bring on our selves
B. Things satan brings on us.
12. REMEMBER, YOU ARE PART OF A POWERFUL CHURCH
See hand out
. The proper relationship between ministry and the church.
See hand out
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