NOW THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN.
CHRIST DIED FOR YOUR SINS
Christ died for our sins … He was buried … He was raised to life three days later. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. So then … stand firm and steady. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 57-58)
YOU ARE NOW IN THE FAMILY OF GOD
See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God’s children – and so, in fact, we are. (1 John 3:1)
To show that you are his sons and daughters, God sent the Son into our hearts, the Spirit who cries out, ‘Father, my Father.’ (Galatians 4:6)
THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU
Don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; He bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God’s glory. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES YOU:
Power to live a holy life The Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, His Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control. (2 Timothy 1:7)
Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants. (Romans 8:5)
POWER TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION
The Lord’s promise: ‘My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak.’ (2 Corinthians 12:9)
The Spirit comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us … the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of His people and in accordance with His will. (Romans 8:26-27)
POWER TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE LORD JESUS
We brought the Good News to you, now with words only, but also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete conviction of its truth. (1 Thessalonians 1:5)
With great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God poured rich blessings on them all. (Acts 4:33)
YOU ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE DEVIL
Be alert, be on the watch. Your enemy, the Devil, roams round like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Be firm in your faith and resist him, because you know that your fellow-believers in all the world are going through the same kind of sufferings. (1 Peter 5:8-9)
YOU WILL BECOME A STRONG CHRISTIAN:
Reading the Bible
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed. 2 (Timothy 3:16-17)
I keep your law in my heart, so that I will not sin against you. (Psalm 119:11)
Praying
Be persistent in prayer, and keep alert as you pray, giving thanks to God. (Colossians 4:2)
When you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you. (Matthew 5::6)
Meeting with other Christians
They spent their time in learning for the apostles, taking part in the fellowship, and sharing in the fellowship meals and the prayers. (Acts 2:42)
Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another. (Hebrews 10:24-25)
Relying on Christ and not on your own strength
I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me. (Philippians 4:13)
God has said, ‘I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.’ Let us be bold, then, and say: ’The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?’ (Hebrews 13:5-6)
Telling your friends about the Lord Jesus
Every day in the Temple and in people’s homes they continued to teach and preach the Good News about Jesus the Messiah. (Acts 5:42)
The Apostle Paul wrote: I am less than the least of all God’s people; yet God gave me this privilege of taking to the Gentiles the Good News about the infinite riches of Christ. (Ephesians 3:8)
YOUR LIFE WILL BE:
Different
Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. (Romans 12:2)
All who say that they belong to the Lord must turn away from wrongdoing. (2 Timothy 2:19)
Honest
Those who used to rob must stop robbing and start working, in order to earn an honest living for themselves. (Ephesians 4:28)
Pure
Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help. (2 Timothy 2:22)
Humble
All of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, ‘God resists the proud, but shows favour to the humble.’ (1 Peter 5:5)
Loving and kind
Be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ. (Ephesians 4:32)
YOU WILL BE EXPECTING THE RETURN OF THE LORD
God has revealed His grace for the salvation of the whole human race. That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world, as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ will appear. He gave Himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to Him along and are eager to do good. (Titus 2:11-14)
