This article along with the previous eight articles have all been written with the newborn Christian in mind. However, the babe in Christ must recognize it is their duty to be an ambassador for Christ even if they have only been a Christian for a very short time.
So, of course, a common thought for the new Christian is, “How can I teach this?” Feelings of doubt and even fear.
However, understand the expectation is not that you be a master teacher right now or even for a long time. I do not see myself as a master teacher, but the expectation is that you grow to become a teacher.
Hebrew 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
The natural progression in Christ is that we all become teachers. Therefore, start planning how you can become a teacher of God’s gospel.
What do I need to know?
What do I need to learn?
Get into God’s word and start learning and planning how you are going to be able to teach God’s word to others.
And then start working your plan.
Two Things I Expect Of You Right Now As A Babe In Christ
1. John 1:36, 40-46
36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).
43 The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip *found Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip *said to him, “Come and see.”
Phillip and Andrew were not great disciples of the Lord, but they had the ability to find someone else and say, ‘come check it out.’
Family, friend, neighbor, co-worker, check out clerk, bank teller, or whoever. Come check this out.
Invite somebody.
Phillip and Andrew could. You can too.
2. John 4:29
29 “Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?”
She wasn’t even a disciple. And she still shared with them what convinced her.
John 4:42
42 and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world.”
They were able to let others know what they believed right now and why they believed it.
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In the coming years you will learn so much and you don’t know all of that right now and you can’t possibly answer everybody’s questions right now but YOU CAN tell anybody who asks what convinced you that Jesus is the Christ and that you need to be baptized into Him.
Now put this conviction into action.
How could I say that to somebody and what exactly would I say?
Then figure out somebody you are going to tell.
Begin by inviting them to worship with you and then find a time you can talk to them about what convinced you.
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As time goes on and you participate in the weekly assemblies and Bible studies you will learn more about how to teach others, but for right now focus on inviting people to worship and talking to them about what convinced you. YOU CAN do this right now.
Keep the faith today.
Pass the Word along.