Msg #2402 Starting Life Right

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

When witnessing a new birth, a spiritual new birth that is, one should be quick to point out five things a new convert to Christ ought to be careful about; for us crusty old Christians they apply well for starting each new year. Count them: 1) Tell someone you got saved! If you are saved, you know how you got there, tell someone else. Write out your salvation testimony, start with John.3:16-18 and 36. 2) You got saved by talking to God in prayer, Don't stop praying! 1Tim.2:1-4 gives that charge and starts, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men.” J-O-Y reminds us, pray for Jesus, “hallowed be thy name”, “thy kingdom come”, “thy will be done”; Pray for Others, Paul charged Timothy so in that text, we have twenty missionaries that need your prayers, land's sake pray for your Pastor, he sure needs it; and finally Pray for You, keep you last in your prayer lists but pray as David did, “keep me from presumptuous sins, … let the words of my mouth and meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD.” 3) Don't stop reading the Bible! Verses in this Bible got you saved, keep reading; daily Bible reading, scheduled Bible reading, let your delight be “in the law of the LORD; and in his law … meditate day and night.” 4) Get Baptized in a Bible believing church; it is the first step of obedience; crusty Christians, keep obeying. And 5) Get to Church! Not forsaking the assembling with other born-again, I'm-saved-too, Bible believers gathering for your three-to-thrive edification (SunAM-PM-Wed). Regularly attend to edify yourself and others.

Now lets look at John's first epistle and see how to have joyous fellowship with God.

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