Bible Question:
Hi, I gave my life to Jesus in 2004, I prayed the prayer and believed that we have sinned.... I want to follow Jesus, as for the past week I've been reading His word daily I think almost a week anyways everyday. What are we supposed to do, if we believe and want to follow him? Are we supposed to be baptized? Because I was baptized when I was first born as a baby but Jesus said we need to be born of "water and spirit". So can someone please give me Jesus wants us to do? Because if were followers aren't we supposed to go out and teach his word to all? We can go to church and do this, but as I watch and see stories of the bible of people who were following Jesus, none of them really went to church, they all went and claimed his word to others. It makes me think I'm supposed to go to places around where I live, but is this right? Nobody does it everyone stays in church, or I should say not very many goto public places and teach, it's like everyone goes to church, so does this mean is this where i'm supposed to go? I don't just want to go and listen after I have herd his word, I want to do his will, but I don't know how. I read his word, but I get great knolwedge, but I don't do anything after that. So can someone help me with this? Thank you brothers. Amen |
Bible Answer: NightJay0044 First things first as they say! You need a church home first, because you repented of your sins and took the salvation of Jesus Christ. This is your Minnesota Yellow Pages on line, you will find your county in here and start searching for a church - http://www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Churches/S-MN/ The Bible says in Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. The church is a body of believers and each believer has a function as a member of the body of Christ - there is the pastor teacher who is there to teach you about Christ and the Bible and to lead you as a member of the body. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2:5 that the believer is like an athelete who must compete according to the rules. You have to start from the beginning in your walk of faith in obedience to the rules Jesus and the aposltes have laid down in the Bible. Acts 2:38 says repent and be baptized. Baptism is a symbol of your dying to sin and rising to be a new man in Christ - being reborn, a symbol of that you were born again. You go down into the water as a symbol of Christ's death and going down into the grave, and you come up out of the water as a symbol of Christ rising from the dead to erase your sins. That is why it is a symbol, very important. There are churches that do not believe it is just a symbol, they believe that it is the actual taking away of sins by getting baptized in the water. I would say based on this that you should be baptized again and would like you to think about what baptism means and decide for yourself, now that you are a grown man, if being sprinkled with water as an infant qualifies as the symbol of going down into Jesus death and coming back up as the symbol of being born again. Baptism is not a requirement of being saved, but it is a requirement of being true to the commands for a believer in the Bible. But you have to be in a church as a prospective member intending to remain with them in order to do so. You can witness the simple gospel of salvation to anyone, anytime - we are all called to do this. Try memorizing Romans 10:9, 10 as part of your witnessing in order to give the lost the most basic information about how to get saved after you tell them why they need to be saved, that they are sinners. You may find that this is something you will have to do on your own, not all churches are busy going out in groups doing this, although some do. The expectation is that everyone will do this in their everyday lives when they meet or talk to people, strangers or those you know, doesn't matter. If this is very important to you, it might be a consideration in choosing a church home. You asked what Jesus wants you to do? I think He is already leading you as you seem to be thinking about getting a church home and of spreading His word, doing His work. Jesus wants us all to do lots of things the best way to find out what is to read the whole New Testament and as you go through make a list of the things you see Jesus and the apostles telling every believer to do. I will help you out here, but don't take this as a short cut okay? You have to be held responsible for having a personal relationship with Christ from your side through prayer, fellowship, worship, and study. You can continue that right now by studying. John 15:12, Mathew 22:37-40, 1 John 3:16-19, 1, John 2:15-17, James 1:5-13, Titus 2:1-15, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, 2 Thessaolonians 3:6-13, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-21, 2 Corinthians 13:5-8, Mathew 28:19, 20 There is so much more there about what to be doing to follow Christ, but it is up to you to go study and to go to a permanent church to learn what it all is, to follow Christ. That is a life time's worth of study and Christian growth my brother, you will never stop finding out what Jesus requires of you by living out His words. Here is another one for you to ponder about what the disciples of Jesus did or did not do about gathering together and going to "church" - try studying the Bible to find out when the church started and what they did or did not do about gathering togther, as what they did is the model for why there is a church and why we go there. Here is a clue for you to help you out - go get a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, which you can get at any major books store for 20 dollars (its huge and its worth the expense) and start looking up single words about that last issue I mentioned, like disciple, gathered, church, house, temple, preached, teaching, laid hands on. This tool works by showing you every verse of the Bible where the word appears. See what you find out about what was really going on about evangelizing and going to "church". Amen brother, welcome to the body of Christ! blessings abound, bowler |
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