LESSONS

FOR
NEW BELIEVERS

Santiago Crane W.
Jorge Enrique Díaz F.
Alicia S. by Zorzoli
 Presentation to the new edition
For many years, Lessons for New Believers has been an invaluable instrument in
the ministry of discipling people who come to the feet of Christ. The continuous
reprints of this material are sufficient proof of this.
The renowned servant of God Santiago Crane was inspired by the Holy Spirit to
write this course that has helped so many pastors and leaders in the preparation and
indoctrination of new believers in Christ.
In this new edition we have maintained much of the original content, at the same
time that we try to respond to some suggestions that have been presented to us
regarding its organization and supplementation. Basically, the changes are the
following:
1. The order of the lessons. We start from the experience of salvation, the attacks
of the enemy on the new believer and the restorative work of the Lord (lessons 1-4).
Then continue with the foundation for the daily disciplines of Bible study and prayer
(lessons 5 and 6). The church, its functions and its ordinances are presented below
(lessons 7-8). Then it is studied regarding Christian service and the use of the gifts
(lessons 9-11). We conclude by studying the responsibility of the Christian as steward
of God (lesson 12).

2. Regarding content, all lessons have been reviewed and updated. Some have
been reduced in length to allow for better coverage of the material during a class
session.

3. Lessons 7, 9, and 12 present new material.

4. On pages 35-37 you will find some cards containing the passages to memorize
in each lesson. The suggestion is that each week the student cuts out the
corresponding card and takes it with them to review the passage several times. If you
don't want to cut out the cards, each contains a box at the bottom that you can check
when you have the passage memorized.

Introduction and instructions

So you are a new believer in Christ. How glad we are to know! This
means that now we are brothers. When you repented of your sins and
wholeheartedly trusted Jesus Christ as your only Lord and Savior, a miracle
 occurred in you. You were born again, from above, from the Spirit. You are now a
child of God and a member of the family of faith.
Congratulations. Welcome to the family. In this great family you have many
brothers spread throughout the world. The Christian life is a life of many blessings
and responsibilities. It is a blessing to have you among us and we want to help you
grow and be responsible in this new life you have started.
That's why we have prepared this series of lessons for you. Each is based on the
Bible and deals with some important aspect of the Christian life.
To get the most out of it, we suggest that you read each lesson three times. The
first time try to read it without interruptions, in order to capture the full impact of the
teaching. On the second opportunity, read the material again, stopping to meditate on
each detail, and to search and read the cited passages in your Bible. The third time
read with the purpose of solving the corresponding questionnaire.
The questionnaires have been designed in order to help you apply these biblical
teachings to your new life.
In the questionnaires some questions are answered with a simple “yes” or “no”.
Others require you to fill in the blanks with the correct words. These are found in the
lesson itself or in the biblical text cited. When the answer is found in the lesson itself,
we have printed in darker type the words you must use to answer.
There is nothing in your spiritual growth of greater importance than the Bible.
Each of these lessons is based on it. You have to take advantage of every opportunity
to hear it, read it, study it, meditate on it and memorize it.
In addition to understanding the lessons and answering the quiz questions,
you must memorize the suggested passage for each week. On pages 35 to 37 you will
find some cards with the verses to memorize printed. A good idea would be to cut out
the corresponding card each week and take it with you to review the passage. Also, at
the bottom of each one you will find a small box in which you can mark that you
have already learned that passage.

May God bless you in your endeavor!

Index
Page

LESSONS.............................................................................................................................................1
FOR.......................................................................................................................................................1
NEW BELIEVERS...............................................................................................................................1
THE SECURITY OF YOUR SALVATION....................................................................................4
NOW CHRIST LIVES IN YOU.......................................................................................................7
THE ENEMY YOU MUST FACE.................................................................................................10
 FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION.......................................................................................13
YOUR PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY.............................................................................................16
YOUR PRAYER LIFE...................................................................................................................19
YOUR NEW FAMILY: THE LOCAL CHURCH.........................................................................21
YOUR CHURCH AND ITS ORDINANCES................................................................................22
THE TESTIMONY OF YOUR LIFE.............................................................................................25
TESTIMONY OF YOUR WORD..................................................................................................28
TESTIMONY OF YOUR WORD..................................................................................................30
YOU ARE A STEWARD OF GOD...............................................................................................33
CERTIFICATE...................................................................................................................................40
 LESSON 1

THE SECURITY OF YOUR

SALVATION
Verses to memorize
John 5:24; John 3:16

In this first lesson we are going to think about the security of your salvation. To
be sure that you are saved, there are two things you must do: fulfill the
conditions of salvation and trust in God.

First, we discover the conditions of salvation in Acts 20:21. They are

"repentance toward God" and " faith in our Lord Jesus Christ."
Repent toward God means realizing that you are a sinner and that your sin
has separated you from God. It means confessing your sins to God and asking
for forgiveness. It means having the desire to leave your sins and change your
way of living.
But when you get to this point you realize that you can't change yourself
alone. Your own strength is not enough to break the habits of your past life. If
you are going to be able to change, someone will have to help you, someone
who has proven to have more power than sin.
The only one who has proven to have such power is Jesus Christ. He alone
has lived a perfect life in this world, overcoming every temptation and fulfilling
all the demands of God's Law. But he did more than this. At the end of his
perfect life he accepted the guilt of our sins and suffered on the cross the
punishment that we deserve. He was killed and buried. But on the third day he
was resurrected. In this way he showed that he has much more power than sin.
When we believe that Jesus Christ lived, died, and rose again for us, and
when we invite Him into our hearts as Sovereign Lord to govern us according
to His will, we have had faith in Him. And he responds to this faith by entering
into us, forgiving our sins, and changing our lives.

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 Secondly, to be assured of your salvation you must trust in God. This is
where many people go wrong. Instead of trusting in God for the assurance of
their salvation, they trust instead in their feelings.
When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you probably had
some beautiful feelings, such as great joy and deep peace. It is reasonable that
this should have been the case, because salvation affects the entire being, and
feelings are an integral part of a normal person. But you must remember that
your feelings are very changeable. They are easily upset. And if suddenly you
no longer feel the same joy and peace as you did at the beginning, does this
mean that you have lost your salvation? No way! The security of your
salvation does not depend on your feelings, it depends on God. You must trust
him.
Trusting God means trusting in his power to keep. In 2 Timothy 1:12 the
apostle Paul said, “I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able
to keep my deposit against that day.” You, like Paul, have made a deposit in
Christ. You have entrusted Him with the eternal care of your soul. And like
Paul, you too can be sure that he has the power to keep your deposit until the
end.
In John 10:27-30 the Lord indicates that those who believe in him are his
sheep. Then he says: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they
follow me, and I give them eternal life; and they will never perish, nor will
anyone snatch them out of my hand. My Father who gave them to me is greater
than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand." Yes, your
salvation is certain. In verse 24 of the epistle of Jude we read that God “is able
to keep you from falling and to present you blameless before the presence of
his glory with great joy.”
Trusting in God also means trusting in his faithfulness to fulfill. As Hebrews
10:23 says, “Let us hold fast the profession of our hope without wavering, for
he who promised is faithful.” What, then, is it that the Lord has promised you?
In John 3:16 God tells us that we have eternal life right now through faith. In
Matthew 28:20 it says, “Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the
world.” John 5:24 tells us: "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word
and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and will not come into
condemnation, but has passed from death to life."
Would the Lord Jesus be able to lie? Of course not! Have confidence, then, that
he will fulfill everything he has promised you. Because you trusted him, he has
given you eternal life. Because you believed in him, you have already passed
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from death to eternal life, and you can never be condemned. The Lord's
faithfulness is the guarantee of your safety.
Dear brother, you need to be sure that you are saved. We hope that this brief
lesson has helped you understand the bases of such precious security, and that
from now on you begin to enjoy it. But this is just the beginning. There are other
beautiful things that God wants you to know about your new life. In the next
lesson we will think about the glorious reality that Christ lives in you right now.

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 LESSON 2

NOW CHRIST LIVES IN YOU

Verse to memorize:
Galatians 2:20

In our previous lesson we talked about what you must do to be sure that you
are saved. You will remember that we said that you must first fulfill the
conditions of salvation and then you must trust in God. You must trust both in
His power to keep you and in His faithfulness to fulfill everything He has
promised you.
The glorious truth that you must understand this week is that Christ already
lives in you. First we will look at the biblical evidence that this is so. Then let's
think about what this means.
The truth that you already have eternal life is guaranteed by the truthfulness of
God Himself. In John 3:16 he says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.” This verse forces you to conclude that if you have put your faith in
Jesus, one of two things had to result. Either God gave you eternal life as He
promised to do, or He is a liar. And to think that God is capable of lying is the
height of absurdity!
The presence of Christ in you is guaranteed by the inspired teaching of Paul. In
2 Corinthians 13:5 the Apostle asks the following question: "Do you not know
yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are reprobate?" The meaning of
this question is made quite clear in the Popular Version translation, which reads:
“Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are false believers?”
There cannot be greater clarity. The Lord Jesus lives within every true believer.
But what does this mean? What value is there in the fact that Christ now lives
in you?
First of all, the presence of Christ in you assures you that you have eternal life.
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Romans 8:10 says, “But if Christ is in you, the body is truly dead because of sin,
but the spirit lives because of righteousness.” Here Paul recognizes the
universality of physical death. If Christ does not return sooner, we will all die
physically. But if Christ is in us, our spirits will live eternally with God. This
same idea is found in Colossians 1:27 in the expression “Christ in you, the hope
of glory.” Our hope of achieving heavenly glory is guaranteed by the fact that
Christ lives in us right now .
Secondly, the presence of Christ in you enables you to live a truly Christian
life, whatever the circumstances around you.
Galatians 2:20 says this: “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I
who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith
in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
In this beautiful text Paul does not speak only about himself. It expresses truths
that also characterize every true believer.
The first thing this passage teaches you is that Christ's death was your death .
You, like Paul, are crucified with Christ. When you believed in Christ as your
personal Savior, you believed that on the cross he took your place and suffered
the punishment you deserve. That is, you accepted the death of Christ as your
own death. Then, since you are already crucified with the Lord, it is not possible
that you have to die again because of your sins. You are now free from all
condemnation because of your faith in Jesus.
Furthermore, this text teaches you that the life of Christ is now your life. Like
Paul, you too can say: “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” Do you realize
what this means? It means that Christ is in you with the desire to live his own life
in you, to transform your character and your conduct into the likeness of his
character and conduct.
I say that Christ desires to do all this in you, because in order for him to actually
do it, it is necessary that you allow him to do it.
The last part of Galatians 2:20 says, “…and the life I now live in the flesh I live
by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” The presence
of Christ in Paul did not nullify Paul's will. On the contrary, moved by the fact
that Christ had died for him, Paul decided each day to live “in the faith of the
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 “Faith” here means two things: dependence and submission. The Apostle is
saying that he renounced all confidence in himself to depend solely on Christ;
that he refrained from making independent decisions to accept and obey the will
of Christ. Such dependence and submission made it possible for the beautiful life of
Jesus to manifest in him.
The same, beloved brother, may be your experience. With each new dawn you
must give up all trust in yourself to depend only on the Lord. You must refrain from
making independent decisions to accept and obey the will of Christ. Then the life of
Jesus will be seen in you; His joy, his peace, his purity, his purpose and his power
will be manifested in you.
How glorious it is to know that Christ now lives in you! His presence makes it
possible for you to live every day as an authentic Christian.
But this beautiful possibility is not realized without struggle. In the next lesson we
will talk about this.

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 LESSON 3

THE ENEMY YOU MUST FACE

Verse to memorize:
1 Corinthians 10:12-14

How's it going brother? In the midst of the circumstances that surround you, have you
lived as an authentic Christian? Remember that this is why Christ lives in you. He
desires to transform your character and conduct into the likeness of His character and
conduct. And it will do so to the extent that you allow it.
If you daily renounce all confidence in yourself to depend solely on the Lord, and if
you refrain from making independent decisions to accept and obey his will, then the
glorious life of Christ will be manifested in you. This is what we learned in our study of
Galatians 2:20. Do you remember?
It is possible, however, that you have had difficulty putting what you learned into
practice. The reason is that you have an enemy who wants to hinder you. This enemy is
the devil. His purpose is to make you sin, and his weapon is temptation. But God is
with you, and in his Word he shows you the way to overcome. We will study these
things this week.
In 1 Peter 5:8 we read these words: “Be sober and watchful; because your adversary
the devil, like a roaring lion, walks around seeking someone to devour.” The devil is
angry with you because he has lost you. Before your conversion to Christ, as 2 Timothy
2:26 says, the devil held you captive in his snares and you did his will. But not
anymore. According to Colossians 1:13, God has freed you from the power of darkness
and transferred you to the kingdom of his beloved Son. In other words, you have
changed your citizenship. You once belonged to the kingdom of darkness, and the devil
exercised authority over you. But now you are a citizen of the kingdom of Christ, and
the devil no longer has any rights in your life. This is why he is angry with you.

But the devil is also angry at the fact that God now intends to use you as a witness to
his liberating power. If you daily allow Christ to live his life in you (as we studied
last time 1) then you will be an effective instrument in the hands of God so that other

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 people can be saved.
To prevent such a thing from happening, the devil attacks you. Its purpose is to make
you sin. He knows that any sin breaks your intimate communion with God (Isaiah
59:2; Psalm 66:18). Know also that when you separate yourself from the Lord, you
cannot bear fruit for him, as John 15:5 teaches. So, to weaken your Christian
testimony, the devil seeks to make you sin. The weapon he uses to do this is
temptation.
However. Regarding this weapon of the devil there are three encouraging things* to
say. First of all, it is not a sin to be tempted. As Hebrews 4:15 teaches, the Lord Jesus
himself “was tempted in every way as we are, yet WITHOUT SIN.” Sin is not about
being tempted, but about giving in to temptation.
Second, God can turn the temptation of the devil into a means of blessing. James
1:12 says, “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; For when you have stood the
test, you will receive the crown of life…” This means that when temptation is
defeated the victorious believer is strengthened to better fight against future
temptations.
The third encouraging thing is that God offers to help you overcome. S offer is in 1
Corinthians 10:12-14. Kindly learn this passage by heart. It says: “Therefore, he who
thinks he will stand, take heed that he does not fall. No temptation has overtaken you
that is not human: but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what
you are able, but will also provide a way out with the temptation, so that you can
endure. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry."
In this important passage verses twelve and fourteen are commandments, and verse
thirteen contains two promises. The promises are enclosed among the commandments.
This indicates that they are closely related to each other. God will faithfully keep both
promises when you are equally faithful in obeying both commandments.
The first commandment is that you do not trust yourself at all. “He who thinks he
stands firm, take care lest he fall.” Remember the case of Peter. He confidently told
his Master: “Even if everyone is scandalized by you, I will never be scandalized;...
Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you” (Matthew 26:33, 35). And we all
know the sad result. Therefore, the first thing you have to do to overcome the
temptation to distrust yourself to depend totally on the Lord.
The second commandment is: “flee from idolatry.” An idol is not just some image or
figure. Anything that separates you from supreme loyalty to God is an idol to you. So
when you know that something causes you the temptation to sin, you must flee from

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that thing.
Very good. If you have obeyed these two commands, then you can fully trust that God
will fulfill his two promises to you. First of all, it will stop your enemy. He will not
allow me to put any temptation before you that you cannot overcome. And secondly,
along with the temptation allowed, it will give you a way out so that you do not fall
into the trap.
Your victory is in Christ. Hebrews 2:18 says, “For inasmuch as he himself suffered
being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.” So the closer you live to the
Lord, the safer you will be.
In the next lesson we hope to answer a question that sooner or later every new believer
will have to ask.

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 LESSON 4

FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION

Verse to memorize:
1st John 1:9

My brother, how have you fared in your struggle with temptation? Have you
experienced the joy of victory?
It is not God's will that you be defeated in this fight. But victory is not automatic. Your
sinful nature does not help you. As James 1:14 says, we are tempted when we are
drawn and seduced by our own lust (that is, our own evil desires).
When you received Christ as your Lord and Savior, God produced a wonderful change
in you. You were born again (John 3:1-3). You received the Holy Spirit as a seal of your
salvation, and he now lives permanently in you (Ephesians 1:13, 14; Romans 8:9, 16).
But there is one thing that God did NOT do. It didn't take away your sinful nature. You
still have within you a natural inclination toward sin. For this reason, you should never
trust your own ability to resist temptation.
This seems to be the most difficult of all the lessons we have to learn. What happens,
then, when a believer sins? And what should he do when he sins? These are the two
questions that we now want to answer.
When you commit a sin, the devil is likely to accuse you of not being saved. He will
try to make you so ashamed that you no longer want to attend church services or
frequent the fellowship of your brothers in the faith. But don't pay attention to him.
Remember that there is no truth in the devil because he is “a liar and the father of lies”
(John 8:44).
No! We must not pay attention to the devil's accusations. But we must understand that
sin always brings serious consequences. There are no insignificant sins. Any sin
interrupts our communion with God. This is why when you sin you feel bad. You do not
lose your salvation, but you do lose the joy of your salvation for the moment. When you
sin you do not stop being a child of God, but you become a disobedient child. Therefore,
you need to settle accounts with your Father whom you have offended.

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 Are you wondering how you can settle your accounts with the Lord? The answer is in 1
John 1:9. You need to memorize this short text. It says: “If we confess our sins, he
(God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” So when you sin, there are two things to do, confess your sins to God
and trust in His promise to forgive and cleanse.
In relation to confession there are two things to take into account. The first is that the
confession of our sins must be made directly to God. And the second is that it must be
done promptly.
We must confess our sins directly to God because we have sinned against God. Since
God is the offended person, our confession must be directed directly to him. Nowhere in
the Bible is there the command to confess sins in the ear of a human priest. King David,
repenting of his double sin of adultery and murder, cried out in anguish to God, saying,
“Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done evil in your sight (Psalm 51:4). As such,
he proceeded to confess directly to God. “I have declared my sin to you,” it says in
Psalm 32:5, “and I have not covered my iniquity. I said: I will confess my transgressions
to the Lord…”
Of course, when you offend a neighbor, you must also confess the fault committed to
him . See Matthew 5:23, 24 and James 5:16. In such cases, not only confession to God
proceeds, but also reconciliation with the brother. But a direct confession to God always
proceeds.
But in addition to being made directly to God, the confession of our sins must be made
as soon as possible. As soon as you are aware of having offended God, at that very
moment you must stop to confess the sin committed. Any sin breaks our communion
with God. In Isaiah 59:2 we read: “…your iniquities have separated between you and
your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He will not hear.”
Therefore, you must not allow such a condition of separation to continue even a moment
longer.

And you don't need to continue. You can be restored to a life of communion with God.
What does 1 John 1:9 say? “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
So, after you have confessed your sins to the Lord, you must fully trust in His
promise. You must accept by faith the fact of your forgiveness and cleansing. And
knowing that God does not lie, you must be certain that he has kept his promise to you
and you must thank him for it. The security of your forgiveness does not depend on the
testimony of your feelings. These are very changeable. Your security depends on the

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testimony of the Word of God. This never changes.
Through the undeserved love of God there is forgiveness and cleansing for the believer
who confesses and trusts. But this should not be a reason to settle for a life of continuous
losses and restorations. No way! God has something better for us. As Proverbs 4:18 tells
us, “the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, increasing until the day is
perfect.”
In the next lessons we will talk about this Christian life in continuous growth. We
will consider the disciplines of a life of victory and joyful service in the Lord.

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 LESSON 5

YOUR PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY

Verse to memorize:
Joshua 1:8

To grow spiritually there are some disciplines that you need to practice throughout
your life. In this lesson we will consider the first of them.
All growth, whether physical or spiritual, depends largely on adequate nutrition.
Several Bible passages teach that the Word of God is spiritual food. He refers to it as
bread, as milk and as solid food.
In Matthew 4:4 the Lord Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” And in 1 Peter 2:2 we read: “Like
newborn babies, desire unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow to
salvation.”
By “unadulterated spiritual milk” the Apostle means “the pure milk of the word.”
Milk is the perfect food for newborn children. But normal development requires that
after a few months you start eating more solid food. In 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 the apostle
Paul laments about believers who had stagnated in their growth.
I could not speak to you as to spiritual people," he says, "but as to carnal people, as to
children in Christ. I gave you milk to drink and not food (that is, solid food); because
you were not yet capable, nor are you still capable.” It is not God's will for you to
stagnate in your spiritual development.
But if you are going to grow in your new life, you will have to learn to nourish
yourself daily with personal Bible study. This requires three things: careful reading,
diligent learning , and frequent meditation and all in order to obey.
First of all , you must take time each day to read the Bible. But you should not read it
simply to fulfill an obligation.

You should read carefully for a personal message from God for you. This will be
easier if you read from a Bible that has chapters divided into paragraphs or sections.
Before reading, stop to pray. Thank God for the gift of his Word. Ask Him to give

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you understanding and to teach you something through reading that will help you live
as you should that day. Have paper and pencil on hand, and after reading a paragraph or
section, try to answer the following questions.
* Do I find in this passage an example that I should follow?
* Does this passage point out any sin that I should confess to God?
* Do I find any errors that I should avoid?

* Does this passage present any commands that I must obey?

* Does this passage contain any promises that I must make my own by faith?
* Does this passage record any prayer that I can pray?
Second, you must be diligent in learning selected Bible passages. Psalm 119:11 says,
“I have kept (that is, treasured) your sayings in my heart, so that I may not sin against
you.” For the Hebrews the heart was the place of intelligence, as well as feelings and
will. So what we are told here is that we must memorize the words of God. The
example of Christ makes us see the importance of this practice. Our Savior rejected
Satan's temptations with passages learned from the book of Deuteronomy. Compare
Matthew 4:4 with Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:7 with Deuteronomy 6:16; and
Matthew 4:10 with Deuteronomy 6:13.
Set yourself the task of learning at least one new Bible text each week. Having chosen
the text, divide it into its natural parts (these are indicated by punctuation marks) and
work in parts, as follows:
Read the first part of the text several times, trying to repeat it from memory after each
reading. Then move on to the next part, reading it and repeating it until you learn it
well. Then repeat the two parts together before proceeding with learning the rest.
Follow this procedure until you can repeat the entire text verbatim, along with its
respective reference or quote. When you can repeat everything, then write it down to fix
it even better in your mind.
The following week, before starting to learn a new text, review well the one you have
already learned, and then proceed with the new one as you did with the first. In the third
week, review the two previous texts (along with their respective quotes) before starting
another. In this way, in one year you will have learned a minimum of fifty-two select
passages from the Bible and you will have greatly enriched your spiritual life.

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 Lastly, you should frequently meditate on what you have read and learned. Meditation
has been called “spiritual digestion.” It is the process by which the meaning of our
readings (or our observation) is assimilated and converted into moral and spiritual fiber.
When Joshua was about to begin the conquest of the promised land, God told him: “This
book of the law will never depart from your mouth, but you will meditate on it day and
night, so that you may observe and do according to everything.” what is written in it; for
then you will make your way prosperous, and everything will turn out well for you"
(Joshua 1:8). Note well how this passage links meditation with obedience. Obedience is
the key to everything. If you read the scriptures carefully; if you are diligent in learning
select Bible passages; if you meditate frequently on what you have read and learned;
AND IF YOU OBEY there is no doubt that you will grow in your Christian life.
In the next lesson we will talk about your prayer life.

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 LESSON 6

YOUR PRAYER LIFE

Verse to memorize:
John 16:24

In the last lesson we shared some practical suggestions on how to get the most out of
your Bible study. Today we are going to talk about your prayer life. In the deepest sense
the Christian life cannot be lived without praying.
The supreme example of prayer is the Lord Jesus. The four Gospels do not pretend to
relate everything he did during his earthly life. For this reason, the fact that they point
out twenty-two different occasions in which he prayed means a lot. If the Son of God
himself could not live in this world without praying, even less can we do it.
The Bible talks a lot about prayer. He repeatedly exhorts us to pray. He teaches us
how to pray correctly. He promises us great blessings when we pray like this. And he
presents us with inspiring examples of effective prayer. On this occasion we are going to
think about three elements that should be part of your prayer life. These elements are:
ado ration, confession and petition.
John 4:23 teaches that God seeks people who will worship him "in spirit and in truth."
He wants you to be one of such people. One way to do this is to begin your daily prayer
time with praise and thanksgiving . You should praise God for who he is. and you
should thank him for what he does.
Two things always result when you practice praise. One is that you please God. “He
who sacrifices praise will honor me,” says Psalm 50:23. The other result is that you
increase your own faith. "Those who know your name will trust in you," says Psalm
9:10. While you praise God for his faithfulness in keeping his promises, for his complete
knowledge of all things, for the infinite greatness of his love, his wisdom and his power;
As you think about these or other divine perfections, your problems tend to become
progressively more insignificant, and it becomes easier to leave them in the hands of the
Lord.
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 In this regard, read carefully 1 Thessalonians 5:18 and Ephesians 5:20. The first of
these passages commands you to give thanks “in everything,” that is, in every
circumstance of life. The second commands you to thank God “always” and “for
everything.” Another element that should be part of your daily prayer is confession. Any
sin breaks your intimate communion with God . After having worshiped the Lord,
then, you must stop to make an examination of your life . In this the prayer of Psalm
139:23, 24 can serve you very well, which says: “Search me, O God, and know my
heart; Test me and know my thoughts; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and
guide me in the eternal way.” If in response to this supplication the Lord reminds you of
any sin that you have not already confessed and abandoned, repent once and for all .
Confess that particular sin to God and accept by faith the forgiveness and cleansing
promised in 1 John 1:9. At the same time, if your sin has harmed another person, be
willing to seek reconciliation. And if another person has offended you, forgive him
without delay. It is not possible to be in communion with God if you are in conflict with
a neighbor.
Finally, your daily prayer should contain an element of petition. You must ask first for
the advancement of God's kingdom and for the needs of other people before you ask for
yourself. This order is suggested by the Model Prayer that Christ gave us in Matthew
6:9-13.
By asking for other people's needs you will be engaging in the ministry of
intercession . Our Savior is now engaged in this ministry. So when you ask for others,
you become more like Christ . You also become a frontline soldier in God's conflict
against the forces of evil. Your heavenly Father wants you to take time each day to
pray in prayer for the advancement of the gospel. In your ministry of intercession it
would be good to make a plan that helps you pray for all the people with whom you
have a relationship, as well as for the work of God in different regions of your
homeland and in different countries around the world. Make a list of requests for each
day of the week. Find out about the needs of the people you are going to pray for, and
ask for specific blessings for them. When you realize that a request has been answered,
take note of it and thank the Lord. In this way you will have the fulfilled joy that Christ
promised in John 16:24.
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 YOUR NEW FAMILY: THE LOCAL
CHURCH
Verses to memorize:
Hebrews 10:24, 25

If you want to continue growing in your new life, in addition to reading your Bible
and praying, you will have to practice the discipline of Christian communion.
Spiritual life is similar in some ways to physical life. Both lives begin with a birth,
and both require growth. When a little boy is born, he needs a thousand cares. If he is
abandoned, he will surely die. To avoid such a tragedy. God created the family. The
divine will is that each creature be born into a responsible family. There you can receive
the love, protection, food and instruction that your full development demands.
And we must not think that the Lord takes less care of his spiritual children. He has
also provided a family for us. When you and I were born again, we entered the family
of God (Ephesians 2-19). He is now our Father (2 Corinthians 6:18); Christ Jesus is our
elder brother (Romans 8:29); and every true believer is our brother (Matthew 23:8).
In the broadest sense, the family of God encompasses all believers in the world. For
this reason, wherever he goes, when one believer meets another, he discovers that there
is a bond that unites them.
This bond is Christian brotherly love. Its existence is evidence of salvation.
It is important that the family of God encompasses all believers in the world. But
when it comes to your spiritual growth, what matters much more is that this family has a
local manifestation: the church.
The word "church" appears more than one hundred times in the New Testament.

Be faithful, then, in the practice of the discipline of Christian fraternal communion!

Regularly attend public worship services and Bible study meetings that your church
provides. And cultivate the fellowship of your brothers in the faith. An ember taken
from the stove does not take long to go out. And a believer who separates himself
from the company of his brethren catches a cold in his spiritual life and becomes
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 LESSON 8

YOUR CHURCH AND ITS

ORDINANCES
Verses to memorize:
Matthew 28:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:26

There are two ordinances that belong to the church: baptism and the Lord's
Supper. Both are instructions left by the Lord Jesus and that every Christian wants
to obey. First, let's consider the meaning of your baptism. The New Testament
repeatedly teaches who should be baptized : only those people who are already
believers in the Lord and Savior Jesus.
The believer is not baptized with the purpose of achieving salvation, but because
he has already achieved it. Baptism cannot save; it does not complete salvation
because Christ is sufficient as Savior.
When should the believer be baptized? In Matthew 28:19 Christ said, "Go and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit." The order here is important. Jesus commanded that
people be made his disciples before being baptized. So this passage teaches that
before being baptized, one must have made a personal decision to follow
Jesus.
Acts 2:41 tells us what happened on the day of Pentecost. When the apostle Peter
finished preaching “...those who received his word were baptized; And that day
about three thousand people were added.” The expression “receive the word” gives
the idea of hearing the message, understanding it and agreeing with it. This tells us
that it is a requirement to be baptized to have heard, understood and accepted the
message of salvation. This contradicts the practice of baptizing infants and young
children. How should believer's baptism be practiced? The biblical answer is clear.
It must be due to total immersion in water.
Let's look at the teachings of the New Testament. The clearest passages in this
regard are Romans 6:3-5 and Colossians 2:12. In the latter, the apostle Paul told
the believers in Colossae that they had been “buried with him (with Christ) in

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 baptism, in which you were also raised with him.”
Baptism is a burial and a resurrection. Therefore, the believer has to be put
completely under water to be raised immediately afterwards. Trying to baptize in any
other way is to depart from biblical teaching and destroy the meaning of the act. '
Even the word baptism itself in Greek means immersion. The word “ BAPTIDZO ”
was not translated into Spanish but was phonetically transliterated. The word means
to submerge, plunge or flood.
What is a believer baptized for? It does this for two purposes. The first is
obedience to Jesus as your Lord. The authority with which Christ commanded his
disciples to be baptized is complete. Complete must also be the obedience of each
believer. The believer is also baptized to give a symbolic witness to the reality of his
salvation. Christian baptism is a symbol of death, burial and resurrection. So by
being put under the water and raised again, the believer is testifying that the basis of
his salvation is the death and resurrection of Jesus (Romans 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:3,
4). He is also testifying that he has died to his past life of sin and has been spiritually
resurrected with Christ to live a new life (Romans 6:3, 4).
Now, the final question: Have you witnessed through biblical baptism? If not, find
a church that faithfully teaches Christian doctrine and practices baptism by
immersion according to the teachings of the New Testament, and ask to be baptized.
The Lord's Supper is the second ordinance of the church and was instituted by
Jesus on “the night that he was betrayed” (1 Corinthians 11:23). The four evangelists
and Paul tell us the story (Matthew 26:17-29; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-23; John
13:21-30; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). It would be a good idea to read these passages
during the week to understand the meaning of this ordinance.
We remember that the bread and lamb of the Passover for the Jews symbolically
represented the suffering of their parents and the miracle of the exodus. Jesus
replaced the Passover for his followers on that night with another symbolic act.
Jesus said, “this is my body” and “this is my blood” before the resurrection, when
he was sitting with his disciples and eating dinner with them. That is why he spoke
symbolically and not literally. We must interpret this in the same way that we
interpret other symbolic expressions
of Jesus, such as “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35); “I am the true vine” (John
15:1); and others. What Jesus was saying was that the bread and wine represented,
symbolically, his body and blood.
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what Christ did for us on the cross and his promise to return. For this reason,
only those who have believed in Christ and have obeyed him in baptism participate
in this act.
By participating in the meal each believer expresses gratitude to God for what he
did for us in Jesus Christ. Without Christ we would all be lost forever. Participation
in the Supper offers each believer the privilege of investigating his or her own
relationship with Christ and with the church. It is a moment of contemplation, of
consecration to the one who gave everything for us, and of remembering the one
who said: “Do this in remembrance of me” (1 Corinthians 11:24).
The worship in which the Lord's Supper is celebrated offers the privilege of
celebrating Christian fellowship. That is why many churches call the act
“communion”, that is, a “common union”.
Furthermore, the Supper is an act of proclamation. By participating in it we
proclaim two truths. One, that our salvation is based on what Christ did for us on the
cross. And the second is that our hope for the future is based on Jesus' promise to
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 LESSON 9

THE TESTIMONY OF YOUR LIFE

Verses to memorize:
1 Corinthians 10:31, 32

Being a witness is not optional for the Christian. You are already a witness by the
simple fact that people are watching you. What God asks is that you be a faithful
witness. On this occasion we will study the testimony of your life.
A truly Christian life will conform to the standards set forth in 1 Corinthians 10:31,
32, which says: "So whether you eat or drink or do anything else, do it all to the glory
of God. "Do not be a stumbling block either to Jews or to Gentiles or to the church of
God." Negatively this means that we must abstain from anything that could provide a
pretext for an unsaved person to refuse to believe in the gospel, or for a believer to
stray from the ways of the Lord. Positively it means that we must ensure that
everything we do glorifies God. (“To glorify” God is to manifest to the world the
excellencies of his being.)
The Scriptures emphasize the importance of lived testimony both negatively and
positively. Example of the negative impact of an unfaithful testimony we have in
David's life. By neglecting his obligation to lead the armies of the Lord, David exposed
himself to temptation. Consequently he fell into the double sin of adultery and murder.
When he finally repented. God had mercy on him and forgave him. But a sequel of
misfortunes befell him as an inevitable consequence of his sin. And that whole chain of
calamities began with this warning from the prophet Nathan: "The Lord has forgiven
your sin; you will not die. But because by this matter you have caused the enemies of
Jehovah to blaspheme , the son born to you will surely die” (2 Samuel 12:13, 14).
In contrast, the goodness of a positive testimony is emphasized in 1 Peter 3:1, 2.
The Apostle was speaking to Christian women whose husbands were not believers. “Be
subject to your husbands,” he told them, “so that those also who do not believe the
word may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, considering your
chaste and respectful conduct.”

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evangelization.
This does not mean that a person can be saved without anyone explaining the gospel
to him. What this means is that there are people who will not be willing to hear the
gospel until they know someone closely whose habitual behavior is authentically
Christian.
In other words, lived Christian witness prepares the way for spoken Christian witness.
To testify positively with your life in favor of the gospel, it is necessary for Christ
himself to live his own life in you. Remember what you learned in Lesson No. 2.
But how does Christ live in you? Through the Holy Spirit! When you invited the
Lord Jesus into your life, he entered through the Spirit. So at the moment of your
conversion to Christ you received the Holy Spirit, and he now lives permanently in you.
Passages that teach this important truth are:
Romans 8:9; Galatians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 6:19 and Ephesians 1:13, 14.
Now, the Holy Spirit dwells in you for the purpose of glorifying Christ (John 16:14),
that is: for the purpose of using you as an instrument to manifest the excellencies of
Jesus to the world. And he does it in two ways: by reproducing in you the character of
Christ and by freeing you from the dominion of sin.
Galatians 5:22, 23 says that “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control.” These nine virtues are nothing more
than a description of the character of Jesus Christ. When we allow the Spirit to
completely control us (to “fill” us), he reproduces his “fruit” in us. That is, through our
daily lives the Spirit manifests to the world the character of Christ himself. And under
these same conditions the Spirit also frees us from the dominion of our sinful carnal
nature. As Romans 8:2 says, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed us
from the law of sin and death.
In a word, to positively testify for the gospel through your life, you need to be filled
with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). For you to be, you have to do four things.
Above all, you must desire that the Spirit make you more Christ- like in your
character and conduct. Then you have to confess to God and abandon any sin that is
interrupting your intimate communion with Him.
You must immediately submit yourself completely to the divine will . And finally,
you have to reject all self- confidence to depend solely on the power and direction
of the Lord.
When you meet these four conditions the Holy Spirit will fill you. It will fill you
with its glorious fruit; It will reproduce in you the character of Jesus Christ. He will
also fill you with his power, freeing you from the dominion of your carnal sinful
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you. You will have faithfully witnessed with your life!
Such testimony will be an instrument of the Spirit to convince other people of their
spiritual need and to dispose them to listen favorably to the message of salvation. In
this way your lived Christian testimony will have prepared the way for a spoken
Christian testimony.
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 LESSON 10

TESTIMONY OF YOUR WORD

Verses to memorize:
2 Timothy 1:7, 8a

Congratulations, brother, for your sustained interest in completing this series of lessons!
Last time we talked about the testimony of your life. We said that lived Christian
witness prepares the way for spoken Christian witness. So now we will study the
testimony of your word.
The Bible insists on the need to talk about our faith. To a man from whom he had
brought out many demons. Christ said, “Go home to your loved ones and tell them how
great things the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you” (Mark 5:19).
When the apostle Paul was struggling to introduce the gospel to the pagan city of
Corinth, the Lord Jesus Himself appeared to him in a night vision and said, “Do not be
afraid, but speak, and do not be silent” (Acts 18:9).
But there is an even more striking passage. In the city of Caesarea, the Roman captain
Cornelius sought the way of God. One day while he was praying, an angel entered
where he was and gave him instructions to send for Simon Peter. Why did he have to
bring Pedro? Here is the answer: “He will speak to you words by which you and all
your household will be saved” (Acts 11:14). Do you realize what this means? It means
that the message of salvation has to be communicated through human words. The
angel could not explain to Cornelius the way to save himself. This could only be done
by another man of flesh and blood. You and I, then, have the solemn obligation to
speak of our Savior. This causes a fight. The devil does not want you to testify with
your word. Their main weapons to prevent you from doing so are shame and fear. But
God is with you, and he is stronger than the devil. We indicated in the last lesson that to
witness positively with your life you need to be “filled” with the Holy Spirit. The same
is true when you talk about your faith. You need the power of God's Spirit to
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 Learn by heart 2 Timothy 1:7, 8a, which says: “For God has not given us a spirit of
fear, but of power, of love, and of self-control. Therefore do not be ashamed to bear
witness to our Lord.” When the devil wants to silence you, resist him in the firmness of
faith that these words inspire.
When the authorities in Jerusalem ordered the apostles Peter and John to stop talking
about Jesus Christ, they gathered the church together to pray. In their prayer they
made the following request: “Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants that
they may speak your word with all boldness ” (Acts 4:29). Then we read that “when
they had prayed, the place where they were gathered together shook; and they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness ” (Acts 4:31).
God fills his children with courage when they are determined to speak for him.
But when you speak, what are you going to say? To start, you can invite your friends
to accompany you to listen to someone who knows how to explain the gospel. Plus,
you can tell your friends what Christ has done in your life. But you must also learn to
give a biblical presentation of the gospel.
You must know how to tell whoever wants to listen to you that the gospel is made up
of five vital truths. The first is the truth of love. God loves us and wants us to have
eternal and abundant life. Texts that teach this are John 3:16 and John 10:10. The
second is the truth of sin. We have all sinned, and our sin separates us from God and
deprives us of the eternal and abundant life that he wants to give us. This is proven by
Romans 3:23 and the first part of Romans 6:23. Third is the truth of the substitute.
Jesus Christ took our place on the cross and paid the full price of salvation for us,
making it possible for us to return to God. Romans 5:8 and John 14:6 establish this. The
fourth truth is the truth of repentance. To return to God we have to repent of our sins.
This is clearly taught in Acts 3:19. And finally we have the truth of faith. Eternal and
abundant life is a gift that God offers us in Christ. It will be ours if by faith we receive
Him as our Lord and Savior. Romans 6:23, John 1:12, and Revelation 3:20 are helpful
texts for clarifying what it means to believe.
We are not saying that this is the only way to do a biblical presentation of the gospel.
But it's a good way to do it.
We advise that you learn these five vital truths and that in your Bible or New Testament
you mark the ten texts that relate to them. And when God gives you the opportunity,
use this simple plan to teach the good news of salvation.
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 TESTIMONY OF YOUR WORD
Verse to memorize:
1 Corinthians 6:19

Before going to the cross, Jesus promised his followers that upon returning to the
Father he would send them the Holy Spirit who would live in them. He was going to
comfort, teach, guide and equip them to carry out the work of God that Jesus had
begun. After the resurrection Jesus told his followers that they had to wait until they
received the power of the Holy Spirit. They could not begin the work of the church
without his presence and power (Luke 24:45-49; Acts 1:4, 8).
Jesus' followers waited in Jerusalem, united and praying. When the day of Pentecost
arrived, the promise was fulfilled and the Spirit of God fell on them with great power.
Everyone testified and Peter had to preach to clarify what that experience meant. You
can read this history of the early church in Acts, chapter two.
Thank God neither you nor I have to wait for the arrival of the Holy Spirit into our
lives. The New Testament makes it clear that the Holy Spirit lives in each believer from
the moment of their new birth. Find and read Ephesians 1:13, 14. Note that upon
hearing the good news and believing in Jesus as personal Savior, the Spirit of God
comes into the believer's life and seals their experience forever. As a new believer you
have had this experience. You heard the gospel, you believed in Jesus and he sealed
you. Now the Holy Spirit lives in you. You can be sure of this. His presence gives you
the assurance that you are a child of God. In addition to ensuring that you are a child of
God, the Holy Spirit enables you to live the Christian life and serve God. As this week's
memory verse says, your body has become the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians
6:19). You no longer have to rely on your own power. The power of the Spirit is yours
and dwells within you (Acts 1:8).
There are two words in the New Testament that focus on the work of the Holy Spirit
in believers. They are “fruit” and “gifts.” Your Christian testimony depends on who
you are and what you do. The fruit of the Spirit helps you be who God wants you to
be. The gift (or gifts) of the Spirit enables you to serve Him.
In Galatians 5:22, 23 you can find a list of virtues that the Holy Spirit has given you.
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this list is love. The other virtues mentioned in this passage can be considered “love in
action.”
The fruit of the Spirit must be the same in every Christian. On the other hand, the
spiritual gift that each believer has is very particular. Every Christian has received at
least one gift that enables him to carry out a spiritual ministry. Your gift is an ability
imparted by the Holy Spirit that enables you to perform a particular service that
God asks of you.
Before continuing reading this lesson, look in your Bible for the following passages
that, among others, talk about spiritual gifts: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Romans 12:6-8.
Write down all the different gifts you find in the passages in item 11 of the
Questionnaire corresponding to this lesson. How many did you find? Maybe this list
will help you find your own gift.
Paul compares the church to the human body. Each Christian is like a member of the
body. The total ministry of the church depends on the ministry of each member. Each
member of the body is very important. None is inferior or superior to the other. You,
like all Christians, have a deep desire to serve God and help others know Jesus. The
ministry you have to carry out depends on the gift (or gifts) that the Holy Spirit has
given you. You have to discover your gift, dedicate it to the Lord and develop it to the
fullest in the work of the church.
How are you going to discover your gift? You have already read some passages that
introduced you to the gifts God used in the early church. God can speak to you through
the list you made. You can pray asking God to guide you to find your spiritual gift.
You should talk to older brothers in the church whose lives reflect the joy of serving
God. Ask them to share with you how they found their gifts. Don't be afraid to
experiment in the many ministries of the church.
Develop your gift in the work of your church. Practice the apostle Paul's
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By discovering your spiritual gift and putting it at the service of the church you will
experience several positive results. The ministry in which you are involved will
result in joy for you and spiritual benefit for others. The church will affirm you in
your ministry and God will receive the glory.
 LESSON 12

YOU ARE A STEWARD OF GOD

Verse to memorize:
1 Corinthians 4:2

At the beginning of this lesson series we said our purpose was to help you grow “in
the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). To
this end, we have studied the security of your salvation and the fact that Christ now
lives in you. We consider how to overcome temptation and how to return to
communion with God when, unfortunately, you come to sin. We discuss the
disciplines you must practice to grow in your Christian experience. We consider the
need to join a New Testament church, how your church works and the ordinances
that the Lord established for it. We also explain the relationship that your spiritual
gift has with the service that God expects of you. Now we end the series with a
topic that encompasses the essence of all the others: your responsibility as God's
steward.
The concept of stewardship is first found in Genesis 2:15. There we read that
“then Jehovah God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and
keep it.”
This biblical passage points out that God put creation in the hands of man to
manage and work on it. He did not transfer the right of ownership to him, but
rather appointed him as administrator or “steward.” God remains the absolute and
final owner.
Being a steward means that we only manage things for God and that that
administration should be for the greatest good of humanity.
Using property for exclusive personal benefit and accumulating it for that same
purpose is not in accordance with God's plan. God is not against personal wealth,
but he is against selfish and exploitative wealth.

Each child of God becomes his administrator, his steward. Therefore, as a

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defines it for you in 1 Corinthians 4:2, which is the verse you will learn by heart:
“Now it is required of administrators that each one be found faithful.” What does
this mean?
It means that everything you are and everything you have belongs to the Lord and
must be managed according to his will. You cannot divide your life into “sacred
sections” and “secular sections.” All life is sacred. If you dedicate part of your time
to serving God, this does not mean that you are free later to do whatever you want
with the time you have left. If you contribute part of your money to the work of
God, you do not have the right to then spend everything else without taking into
account the will of the Lord.
As a symbol and reminder that your entire life belongs to Him, God asks you to
dedicate one day out of every seven, and ten cents out of every hundred, to Him
(Exodus 20:8-11; Malachi 3:10). When you consecrate the Sabbath to the worship
of God, and when you give the tithe to the work of God, you are giving a double
testimony. On the one hand, you bear witness to gratitude for past blessings. You
are saying, like the wise Solomon: “For everything is yours, and from what we
received at your hand we give to you” (1 Chronicles 29:14b). On the other hand,
you bear witness to your faith in the future care of the Lord. You rely on Jesus'
promise: “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these
things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).
In his wisdom, God established a just and equitable system for his children to
worship him through their assets. Whether you have wealth or not, or whether you
earn a lot or a little, has no bearing on your responsibility to be a good steward.
God has given you goods (many or few) and you are responsible for them before
him.
The reason that should inspire you to fulfill your obligation to give should not be
fear. The tithe is a channel for God's blessing. The Lord Jesus stated that he who
gives is happier than he who receives (Acts 20:35). He who tithes and offers for
the work of God becomes his partner for his redemptive purposes. By giving you
are participating in the ministry in every way and everywhere.
When you understand what it means to be a steward, you realize that your
responsibility before the Lord encompasses much more than your money. In reality,
it encompasses everything: your personality, your talents and gifts, your assets,
your time, your family, etc. That is, God expects total stewardship from you. God
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 Our wish as we say goodbye is that one day you will hear your Savior saying to
you: “Well done, good and faithful servant; You have been faithful over a few, I
will make you ruler over many things; Enter into the joy of your lord” (Matthew
25:23).

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YOUR NEW FAMILY: THE LOCAL CHURCH...............21
YOUR CHURCH AND ITS ORDINANCES......................22
THE TESTIMONY OF YOUR LIFE...................................25
TESTIMONY OF YOUR WORD........................................28
TESTIMONY OF YOUR WORD........................................30
YOU ARE A STEWARD OF GOD.....................................33
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 Galatians 1 Corinthians
2:20 10:12-14
I am crucified with Christ fallen, Therefore, he who thinks he stands
and I no longer live, but Christ lives firm, take care that he does not fall.
in me; and the life I now live in the No temptation has overtaken you
flesh I live by faith in the Son of that is not human; But God is
God, who loved me and gave faithful, who will not allow you to
himself for me. be tempted beyond what you are
able, but will also provide a way out
with the temptation, so that you may
be able to endure.
Therefore, my beloved,
flee from idolatry.
1 John 1:9 Joshua
1:8
If we confess our sins, he is faithful This book of the law shall never
and just to forgive our sins. other depart from your mouth, but you
sins, and cleanse us from all evil. shall meditate on it day and night,
so that you may observe and do
according to all that is written in it;
for then you will make your way
prosperous, and everything will turn
out well for you.

Hebrews John 10:24, 25

16:24
Until now you have asked for And let us consider one another to
nothing in my name; ask, and you encourage us to love and good
will receive, so that your joy may be works; not ceasing to meet together,
full. as some are in the habit of doing,
but encouraging one another; and all
the more so as you see that day
approaching.

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EITHER Matthew 28:19,
• Therefore go and make a
disciple to all nations, baptizing
! And he himself appointed some, those in the name of the Father, and
apos- । toles; to others, prophets; of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
others, evangelists; to others, they teach I ask them to observe all
pastors and teachers, to equip the the things that I have commanded
saints for the work of the ministry, you; and behold, I am with you
to ! the building of the body of always , to the end of the world.
Christ. Amen.
1 Corinthians 11:26
Therefore, as often as you eat this
bread and drink ______________
this cup, you announce the death of
the Lord until he comes. ________ [
'10 1 Corinthians 10:31, 32 11 2 Timothy 1:7, 8a ¡

। So whether you eat or drink, or

do anything else, do it all for the Because God has not given us a
glory of God. Do not be a stumbling spirit of cowardice, but of power,
block to either Jews or Gentiles or love and self-control. Therefore, do
the church of God! God. not be ashamed to bear witness to
our Lord.

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12 1 Corinthians 6:19
13 1 Corinthians 4:2

! Or do you not know that your

body is Now, it is required of administrators
। temple of the Holy Spirit, which that each one be found faithful.
। is in you, which you have from
God, and which are not your own?

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