Are you new to Christianity? If so, congratulations on making the best decision of your life!
You're excited to learn more about God...but you don't know where to start.
Well, you are in the right place!
This New Believer's Blog Series is meant to guide the primary steps of your new Christian walk.
My goal is to offer logical answers to most new believers' Frequently Asked Questions.
In this first article, I introduce the 15 truths of Christianity, and later we will cover in-depth the basics of salvation, loving our God, and spiritual maturity.
The New Believer's Blog Series:
Start Here - Introduction
Let's begin walking!
New believers often think that they can repay God's goodness by becoming a super-Christian.
They soon find out that living a completely holy and perfect life is utterly impossible.
We all sin daily and our errors won't automatically disappear after we're saved by Christ.
Yet, God loves you just as you are, despite any past or future mistakes.
"Christian means Christ-follower."
Being a Christian means building a relationship with God through Christ. (1 Chronicles 16:11)
This relationship is also known as your 'Christian Walk.'
As you learn to walk, you will stumble a bit, but continue to take each step in faith.
Let's first baby step into the 15 well-known Christian facts.
15 Truths Every Christian Should Know
1) You are a child of God, not God's people. (John 1:12-13)
2) You have a new family that includes other Christian brothers & sisters. (Matt. 12:49-50)
3) We are 'The Church,' which is not a physical building, but a collective of true believers. (1 Corinthians 3:9)
4) You now have a home in Heaven waiting for you. (Ephesians 2:19)
5) God has truly forgiven you of all your wrongdoings...ever! (1 John 1:9)
6) You now have a purpose in life and a talent given by God. (Jeremiah 29:11)
7) You must surrender your old ways, and choose God over worldly things. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
8) God is a Trinity, one God with three equal persons, The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)
9) God is not your personal genie, who you make wishes to for a better life. You will have to face many challenges. (James 1:12)
10) Prayer allows you to communicate with God through Jesus Christ. (Jeremiah 29:12)
11) We accept all original scripture as the affirmed Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)
12) We learn by reading the Bible, hearing the scripture, and obeying the Word. (2 Timothy 2:15)
13) We give God the respect He deserves through worship and praise. (Psalm 100:2)
14) We show that God is our only source by giving back what He has given us. (2 Corinthians 9:7)
15) We are commanded to tell others about the good news of Jesus Christ. (Mark 16:15) (Learn more here)
You may be wondering what the 15 Christian truths actually mean, and that's why I created this blog series as your resource.
Step by step, we will journey through all of these biblical principles, and much more over the next few months.
So stick with me, and you will walk away with a solid understanding, for the Bible tells us how to properly learn doctrine.
"For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little"
- Isaiah 28:10 (AKJV)Your adventure has just begun, see you next week!
This blog post is part of a series. Read the next post: [Step 1] Understanding Salvation.
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