Jesus. The person who invited you to the meeting is excited and they want you to come to church with them again on Sunday. You’re hungry for God, you’re excited about your new faith, but you have tons of questions.
This is where we, the body of Christ, have to be there. It is painful to see altar call after altar call answered at churches and yet some churches never seem to grow. What happens to the people who accept Jesus at our altars? Where are they 1 week, 1 month even 1 year from the day they walked down our aisles and filled out their “decision” card? Christianity is not a transaction – it is a relationship.
If you are a pastor or church leader – you need a mechanism in your ministry to turn your infant Christians into men and women of God. If you are a believer in Christ that does not have a pulpit ministry you have the opportunity to be a father or big brother in the faith for a new believer. You can be a mother or big sister for someone. They need a friend who knows the bible. They need a mentor who can provide godly wisdom, prayer and even correction in their new walk with the Lord.
Do you remember how many things you had to deal with in your life the first year you became a Christian? It is going to be the same for them.
1 Corinthians was written because new believers needed godly leadership and instruction about how to be Christians. New Christians aren’t given a bible download into their brains when they answer the altar call – they need to learn. New Christians have tons of questions that need to be answered. We, as the church, need to be there.
Just like everything else I write, my challenge is to you and to me. What are we going to do about it? When we stand