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
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. The proper relationship between ministry and the church.
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“God’s Cure For Dirty Feet”
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1 John 1:5-7
5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
There is something many of us miss when we read this verse. Can you see it?
If we are really walking in the light, why do we still need to be purified from sin?
There is only one possible answer …
Walking in the light cannot mean living a perfect life, without need of cleansing.
We will never reach total perfection in this life, but this does not give us a license to sin – in fact, it should push us toward more serious consecration. We CAN walk in the light – in FREEDOM from sin!
You can lead a blameless life, even though you still need to be purified by the blood of Jesus!
The thirteenth chapter of John gives us clarification and insight … (TELL STORY) – Jesus was doing more than initiating footwashing!
John 13:10
(KJV) Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
WHAT DID JESUS MEAN? (EXPLAIN CUSTOMS) Oriental baths
When we get saved, we get bathed from head to toe spiritually – all the years of filth and pollution are washed away, and we are made as white as snow … totally cleansed from sin!
Isaiah 1:18 - Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
1 Corinthians 6:11 - And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 5:26 - That he might sanctify and cleanse [the church] with the washing of water by the word,
Titus 3:5 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Hebrews 10:22 - Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
There is just one problem – we still live in this world!
We still have to walk along “dirty roads” and sometimes our feet get dirty even though we have been washed. There’s simply no way to avoid all the dirt all the time! (i.e. room full of smokers, profanity on the job site, lewd dress and behavior all around us)
Sometimes we momentarily sin, we temporarily fall short, we have a fleeting envious thought, speak a judgmental word, cast a fleeting lustful glance, or quickly become swelled with pride.
We know that we are walking in the light when we are quick to repent and also careful to guard our hearts.
We live in purity to the point that sin is an abnormality – merely dust and dirt on our feet while our whole body is clean.
We don’t need another bath, All we need to do is wash our feet!
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
God calls us to be blameless!
§ David (Ps. 18:23) – I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.
§ Deuteronomy 18:13 - You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
§ Psalm 15:1-2 - Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.
§ Philippians 1:10 - For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until Christ returns.
§ 2 Peter 3:14 - And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to live a pure and blameless life. And be at peace with God.
Many of God’s promises are given only to the blameless!
§ To the blameless You show Yourself blameless (2 Sam. 22:26)
§ No good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless (Psalm 84:11)
§ He delights in those whose ways are blameless (Proverbs 11:20)
§ He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless (Proverbs 2:7)
§ He whose walk is blameless is kept safe (Proverbs 28:18)
§ Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord (Psalm 119:1)
BEING BLAMELESS IS OUR DESTINY AS CHILDREN OF GOD!
§ 1 Corinthians 1:8 - He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
§ Ephesians 1:4 - For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.
§ Ephesians 5:25-27 - Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
§ 1 Thessalonians 5:23 - Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.
How can I possibly lead a blameless life in this world? JUST REMEMBER THE PRINCIPLE OF 1 JOHN 1:7! Being blameless does not mean being totally sinless, just totally committed.
If you do yield for a moment, confess and renounce your sin – wash your feet! God’s provision shouldn’t make us presumptuous, but cautious! Song of Solomon 5:3 - I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
You were once a soiled sinner; now you’re a sanctified saint. You were condemned and carnal; now you’re consecrated and clean!
Don’t dirty your wedding garment! LET’S WALK HOME! (1 JOHN 1:7)
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