NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION TRAINING
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becomes a believer. His role is to lead, guide, direct, encourage, and
strengthen that individual to live a proper lifestyle. Once we have
accepted Christ as our Savior we must strive to live by his Spirit and
NOT our flesh, - Romans 8.
4. BAPTISM: PLACING A BELIEVER SPIRITUALLY INTHE BODY OF CHRIST
CENTRAL PASSAGE- ROMANS 6:4. “Therefore we are buried
with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even
so we also should walk in the newness of life.”
The “Body of Christ” is a term given to the totality
of all believers in Christ. To baptize means to “place
into.” Technically to be baptized means to become a
member of the spiritual organism. - Romans 6:4-6
5. GROWTH: DEVELOPING THE BELIEVERS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
CENTRAL PASSAGE – ROMANS 12:1 “I beseech you therefore brethren,
by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a Iiving sacrifice,
holy; acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Now that we have been regenerated, indwelt with the Holy Spirit,
and baptized into the Body of Christ, we must begin to live our life
according to the word of God. As Christians, though we remain in the
world we must separate ourselves from its sinful pleasures and those
things contrary to our new nature in Christ.
Although we are saved at the moment we admit that we are
sinners, and accept Jesus Christ as our savior, developing as a
Christian is a lifelong process. We should never get to a point
in our Christian journey when we become “SATISFIED” with our
relationship with GOD. Yet, we must continue to press to know
more of God, more of His message given through Jesus Christ,
and more of the comforting, guiding presence of the Holy Spirit.
WELL, HOWTHENAM I SAVED?
KNOWINGTHE ROMANROAD:
Understanding Key Steps in the SalvationProces
Romans 3:10,
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
Romans 3:23,
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God.”
Romans 6:23,
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 10:9-10,
“That thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from