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HOW TO BEGIN A CHRISTIAN LIFE
GOD’S COMMAND, “Repent and believe the Gospel’’ — Mark i:15.
THE GOSPEL, “I declare unto you the Gospel, which I preached unto you.. that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures.” — 1 Cor. xv:1-4.
GOD’S ASSURANCE, “By him all that pees are justified from all things (Acts xiii:39), ‘ that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life — John iii:36.
WHAT IS IT TO BELIEVE ON THE SON, “As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Sons, of God, even to them that believe on His name’” — John i:12.
In obedience to God’s command, I do here
and now turn from every known sin and believe the Gospel that Christ died for my sins, was buried and rose again. I receive Jesus as my redeemer, who bore my sins in His own body on the cross (2 Cor. v:21; Gal. iii:13; 1 Pet. ii:24), and who has power to forgive my sins (Mark 11:10; v:31), as my teacher to whom I will submit all my thoughts (John vi:68), as my guide to whom I will commit the direction of my life (Acts ix:6), as my risen Saviour whom I will trust to keep me from falling (Jude 24) and save me to the uttermost (Heb. vii:25); and resting upon God’s assurance, I believe all my sins are forgiven and I have eternal life.
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PTR Sines 5) I 3) E Vol Ses ey Cha at AO 2 GROWTH IN GRACE
GOD’S COMMAND, “Grow in Grace and ia the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ” — 2 Peter iii:18.
1. Confess Christ with the mouth before men over opportunity you get — Matt. x:32; Rom. x:9.
2. Be baptized and partake regularly of the Lord’s Supper — Acts ii:11-42; Luke xxii:19; 1 Cor. xi:26,
3. Study the Word daily — 1 Peter ii:2; Acts xx:32; Acts xvit:11.
4. Pray daily and every time you are tempted — Luke xi:9-13; Luke xxii:40; 1 Thess. v:17.
5. Put away out of your life every sin and everything that you have doubts about and obey every word of Christ — i John i:7; Rom. xvi:23; John xiv:23.
6. Seek the society of Christians — Eph. iv:11- 16; Acts 11:42-47; Heb. x:24, 25.
7. Go to work for Christ — Matt. xxv:14-29,
8. When you fall into sin don’t be discouraged, but confess it at once, believe it forgiven and get up and go on — 1 John i:9; Phil. iii:13, 14.
Earnestly desiring to grow in grace, according to God’s command, I purpose to openly confess Christ, to observe all His words, to study a portion of His Word daily, to pray regularly, to seek the society of His people, and to seek each day some work that I can do for His sake.
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HOW TO USE THE BIBLE
1. Own a good print, well bound Bible, a Conee dance and the “Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
2. Set a portion of each day sacredly apart for Bible study. Let your body go unfed rather than your immortal soul — Acts xvii:1l.
3. Choose an hour for study when your mind is clearest.
4. Study with a humble, teachable mind, not to see what you can make it teach, but what God meant it to teach — Matt. xi:25.
5. Pray for the guidance of the Author of the book — Ps. cxix:18; John xiv:26; 1 John ii:27.
6. Read the whole Bible through consecutively, again and again — Luke xxiv:27.
7. Study, not skim; weigh each word; look up all references and read them carefully; search the Scriptures with Text Book and Concordance to see how God handles such words and subjects as “Sin,” “Salvation,’”? ‘“‘The Cross,” “The Blood,” “Repentance,” “Faith,” etc. Analyze books of the Bible verse by verse, writing down all the teachings of each verse — Jos. i:8.
8 Read it as the Word of God (1 Thess. ii:13), submit your judgment unhesitatingly to its teachings, believe all its promises, heed all its warnings, obey all its commands, always and at once. Remember, it is GOD’S message to
YOU.
9. Study and accept not only what you like, but all God has to say — John vii:17.
10.” Commit to memory at least one verse each day — Ps. cxix:11.
ll. Carry a Bible or Testament with you for the improvement of spare minutes — Eph. v:16; Acts viii:28, 4 HINTS ON TRUE CHRISTIAN LIVING
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1. All promptings of duty are leadings of the Spirit. Follow them always and at any cost — Eph. iv:30; 1 Thess. v:19.
2. Never go where you cannot take Christ with you — Matt. xxvili:20; Ps. cxxxix:7.
3. Never go where you would not be glad to have Christ find you if He should come; never do what you would not be glad to have Christ find you doing — Matt. xxiv:44-51; Luke xxiii:34, 35; 1 Thess. v:2, 4.
4. Do nothing that you are not confident that you can do to the glory of God — Col. iii:17; 1 Cor. x:31.
5. When in doubt as to any proposed act, do not do it, if it is clear that loyalty to Christ does not positively demand it — Rom. xiv:22, 23; 1 John xxx:21.
6. Seek the blessing of God upon all you do — Ps. cxxvii:l; Phil. iv:6, 7.
- Do not try to discover how little Christ will peers of you, but howmuch you can do for him — 2 Cor. v: 14, 15; 1 Chron. iv:10.
8 The best man is an unsafe example, so follow oe only — Jer. xvii:5; Gal. ii:11-13; John viii:
9, Seek at once and continually an enduement of “power from on high’ — Luke xxiv:49; Acts 11:39; iv:31.
10. Take all your doubts and troubles and burdens to Jesus and leave them with him. — Matt. xi:28; Ps. iv:22; Isa. 50:10.
11. Trust’ your salvation wholly to God — Eph.
ii:8; 2 Cor. ii:9-11 1 Pet. i:5; Jude 24.
ADDRESS — MEMORANDUM
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