Growing As A Christian

Once you give your life to Jesus, then you need to start to grow in the Word of God. Maybe you have gone to church your whole life and you know some of what the Bible teaches, or maybe you are new to the Christian faith and have never studied the Word of God. No matter which, we need to continue to grow after we are a new creation in Christ. When a baby is born they need food and milk to survive. We as Born Again Christians need to be feed the Word in order to grow in our spiritual life. If we don't get into the Word of God, how are we to know what God expects from us now that we are part of His family? Also, if we don't know what the Word says we can be deceived by false teaching. God warns us that there are false teachers in the world and we need to know the truth.

2Peter; 2:1
(But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.)
So you can see that once we ask Jesus into our life, we need to learn what God says. We need to grow in the Word and build on our faith.
1Peter; 2:2
(as new born babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,)
We are new babies in the Christian faith and our desire should be to grow up and not remain as babies. Babies are constantly learning every moment of every day. We need to follow their example and learn all we can about God.

God's moral laws have not changed and Scripture is of spiritual benefit to all.
Romans; 15:4
(For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.)
You can put a child in a highchair and put food in front of him, but it will not do any good if you don't feed him. It is no different if you have a Bible on the table and you never open it and see what it says, you will not learn. We need to be able to understand exactly what God is talking about in His Word, and the only way is to study the Word.
2Timothy; 2:15
(Be diligent to present yourself approved by God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.)
Dividing the word of truth, or cutting it straight, a reference to exactness. When a person is interpreting the Word of God, they need to be exact because it is the Word of God.

All Scripture is profitable to us. It helps us with our daily walk and also in our teaching others about Jesus.
2Timothy; 3:16-17
(All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.)
By the Word of God we can learn Godly behavior so that we can be a light in a dark world. We want our behavior to draw others to Jesus. We also need to be able to tell them the truth when they ask us about our life as a new Christian. They are going to see a change in your life and will ask you what happened.

When we study the Word, we are planting it in our heart so we can live our life by what God tells us. I like to refer to the Bible as our owners manual from God. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we don't belong to our self anymore, we belong to Him. The Bible tells us all we need to know about living for Him.
Psalm; 1:1-2
(Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.)
Psalm; 119:10-11
(With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word have I hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.)
Psalm; 119:103-105
(How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.)

God's Word gives us understanding, it is a light for our path to keep us from stumbling, and it brings joy to the Christians life. When we draw near to God, God draws near to us.

God Bless You!