10.  AFTER SALVATION - WHAT?

WHAT IS THE FIRST  THING A PERSON SHOULD  DO AFTER HE HAS  TRUSTED 
CHRIST?
    Common  courtesy  would  suggest  that  he  thank the Lord for 
saving his soul.  Luke 17:14-19.

IS IT NECESSARY TO CONFESS CHRIST TO OTHERS?
    Confession is  not necessary  to obtain  salvation, but  it is 
certainly  necessary for growth in the Christian life.  No one can 
ever expect to advance in the things of God who is ashamed  of his 
Savior.  Matthew 10:32,33; Romans 10:9,10; 1 Peter 3:15.

HOW DOES A PERSON GO ABOUT CONFESSING CHRIST?
    It is simply a matter  of telling others what great things the 
Lord has done for you.  Mark 5:19.

HOW LONG SHOULD A NEW CONVERT WAIT UNTIL HE IS BAPTIZED?
    Obedience should be prompt.   Baptism is a lovely  opportunity 
to  publicly identify oneself with Christ in His death, burial and 
resurrection.  By  this act we are saying  that we deserved to die 
but that Christ  died for us.  Therefore, when  He died, we really 
died, because He died  in our place.  We witness  that we likewise 
were buried with Him, and that we rose with Him to walk in newness 
of life.  Romans 6:3-10.

DOES BAPTISM GIVE US  MERIT BEFORE GOD AS FAR AS  OUR SALVATION IS 
CONCERNED?
    No, baptism is an act of obedience to the teaching of the Lord 
Jesus.   Those believers  who die  without being  baptized will be 
unbaptized for all eternity.

HOW SHOULD A YOUNG CONVERT KNOW WHICH CHURCH TO JOIN?
    First of all, he should realize that he became a member of the 
true  church,  the  Body  of  Christ,  whenever  he  was saved.  1 
Corinthians 12:13.
    In  addition,  he  should  seek  to identify himself with some 
local church where Christ is acknowledged as Head, where the Bible 
is accepted  as the  only guide,  where the  two ordinances of the 
church  (baptism and the Lord's Supper) are observed, where a good 
teaching  ministry  is  carried  on,  and   where  the  Gospel  is 
faithfully proclaimed.
    In associating with Christians, he should feel a deep sense of 
responsibility  to contribute to the  welfare of the fellowship by 
loving service, fervent prayer and sacrificial giving.

WHAT DO YOU  CONSIDER THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS  WHICH A CHRISTIAN 
SHOULD DO EACH DAY?
    Spend time  in the  Word of  God and  in prayer  each day, and 
confess and forsake  sin whenever it  is allowed into  one's life.  
Psalm 119:9,11. 

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