teaching new believers

[AnOrangeCat]

God didn't promise us an easy time here on earth and don't expect things to change overnight. We're all works in progress.

[Not of the World]

25 minutes ago, AnOrangeCat said:

God didn't promise us an easy time here on earth...

I suspect that a majority of believers in Christ are not aware of this.  I certainly wasn't until a few years ago.

[Selah7]

2 hours ago, Not of the World said:

I suspect that a majority of believers in Christ are not aware of this.  I certainly wasn't until a few years ago.

I believe that most of us discover this in our toughest times.  The hope of eternal life begins to take center stage. 

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

- 1 Timothy 6:12 (NKJV)

Selah

[Dennis1209]

11 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

what kind of advise would you give a new believer? i would tell them to not just take a christians word just because they are an older christian, look at what the bible says, pray for guidence and then decide what to follow.

My advice:

Acts 17:11 (KJV) These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

[missmuffet]

11 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

Satan is not really an issue because of the Blood of Jesus. All of creation is being redeemed so we are a part of that. There is a lot more involved in this than just ourselves. 

Satan is always as issue. But it is easy for us to go back to living in the flesh. It takes a lot of time to become a born again Christian and devote your whole life to Jesus. It was gradual for me. 

[Not of the World]

3 hours ago, Dennis1209 said:

...and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

I find myself doing this all the time.  

[Not of the World]

19 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

Satan is always as issue. But it is easy for us to go back to living in the flesh. It takes a lot of time to become a born again Christian and devote your whole life to Jesus. It was gradual for me. 

You're so right.  It's not easy for me to stay on the narrow path prescribed by Christ.  

[Marathoner]

17 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

what kind of advise would you give a new believer? i would tell them to not just take a christians word just because they are an older christian, look at what the bible says, pray for guidence and then decide what to follow.

Empty themselves out and die. It took a very long time and no small measure of tribulation to finally grasp what the Lord required of me: everything.

I didn't comprehend this in the beginning. I didn't understand... and I must say that it was good that I didn't. It was better that way. The Lord has His way with us all. 

[Selah7]

18 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

what kind of advise would you give a new believer? i would tell them to not just take a christians word just because they are an older christian, look at what the bible says, pray for guidence and then decide what to follow.

Amen, Ghostdog, and Luke 24:46-47 is an incredible verse because Jesus, our great Teacher, even specifies what we are to teach a new believer:  

Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

- Luke 24:46-47

Selah

 

[Not of the World]

I've used this on various social media sites and it has been my hope that this message will intrigue readers to look further into this.  

We don't live for this life or this world but, rather, the life and world to come.