Resources Believers - Foundations study

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Foundations of the Christian Faith

While the other studies further on in this resource section will help you grow in the faith in your personal life, this is an important series on the basics for new believers to grasp, and will be a blessing to you. 

*Before we start let's review the Gospel, and examine repentance (#234), to make sure you have indeed come to God thru Christ and are saved, and to gain a firm grasp on God's Grace and mercy.

Next, Two questions you need to answer yes to as a new believer to be "discipled":

1. When you came to Jesus, did you desire to put him above everything else?

2. Are you willing to submit to the inspired Word of God?

If so, let's begin...

The Essentials:

Go thru all of these...

1st Discipleship course:

1. Understanding the Essentials of the Faith (pt1)

* Memorize these truths & the related verses.

2. Fundamentals of the faith workbook & audio (good to go thru)

3. Foundations for our Faith  (book)

4. Christian Basics (pt2):

For additional clarity and understanding these are good to go through. And for parents to teach their children also (the shorter) and teens the broader).

Shorter version (for summary & teaching kids)

Fuller version (for teens & adults)

More in Clarity (teens & adults)

If teaching this to youth:
*The Rapture (found here along with end times info) also should be understood & taught, along with the above info, and is very good to memorize (along with the verses) to hide God's truth and words in our hearts.

*Write out each of these verses in a journal, from each link, by section, to gain a fuller understanding and complete picture with all verses). Then review it, day by day & memorize the section & its verses for each section as you go. Printing out or memorizing digitally is fine as you go. Once memorized review it once a month, perhaps on the last  Sunday, in afternoon, with your family. 

*note. We are not to be legalistic or strictly about the Sabbath, but more minded like of Christian liberty. God wants to bless us with a time of rest, just as he rested from His work. In Bible times to modern times the world worked 7 days a week. Jews took off one day. In America time off began in the early 1900s, by 1920 (through labor movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) workers sought better working conditions, including right to time off for rest and family. And by 1940s workers got weekends off. Christians have since used Sunday (The Lord's Day) for congregational holy worship, and our rest, which is important for our bodies and mind.  

5.  Reliability of Christianity  (videos)

6.  Foundations: The Bible 

7. Foundations: Studying the Gospel

8.  Foundations; discipleship into the essentials, the gospel, and basic understandings to know about cults and false religions 

9. Mankind's Life Purpose. *

Study includes Doctrine of God, & Doctrine of Man. (Doctrine = teaching)

10. Essential Doctrines to know 

11. Understanding the local Church  

12. Understanding & pursuing the Pillars of Christian Character

*there are more studies on the studies page covering Christian living, the armor of God and understanding life in the righteous nature. Make sure to go through those, there. 

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Discipleship [study] is connected to sanctification and unity in the body of Christ [among believers] See @38:35+ so it is important to study the basics, foundations and theology, and deep dive into Scripture. 

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Once you finish the above main 12 lessons you can move on to the next section in the resources for growing believers (and into more deeper topical studies of what Scripture teaches), and onto other pages with more to bless you. 

Beyond Foundations: 
The next section has studies on the Attributes of God (which is a foundational truth), as well as a study through the 10 commandments and the study on Sin and Suffering, [and the rest of the studies, such as Christian living and the lessons on the Trinity too. All are important to go through😊].



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Related

Read: Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World, by Michael Horton
*This resource provides a guide to a sustainable discipleship & faith growth which happens over the long haul-not a quick fix that leaves believers empty with unfulfilled promises.


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