You are saved? Great!…

I wrote a book called “You are saved? Great! What are you going to do with it?”  It is about moving forward after asking Jesus to forgive your sins and become your Lord. The goal of being saved in the first place is to become more like Jesus; to have a close relationship with Jesus and God the Father.

Without a plan it is easy to become a casual Christian, maybe a little more moral than your unsaved neighbors. Eventually you could lose your relationship with God and end up instead with enough religion to make you miserable. Nobody wants that. Unfortunately, that is all too common.

Below is the introduction. You can buy (or download for free) the whole thing at my LULU.COM Storefront or download it free.

1         Introduction

Hi new Jesus Follower!

Since you are reading this I assume that you have decided to have a relationship with the creator of the universe, Jesus, our savior. That is great and I thank God that you have come into the family. If you walk out of here and get run over by a truck you would go to heaven and spend the rest of your life with Jesus in heaven, [1] where he happens to be right now.[2]

Since that is not likely I think you are going to want to know what comes next. A few things you are probably wondering are:

• Just what is “salvation” anyway?
• What does God want me to do with the salvation He has given me?
• What do I need to know right now to get started?
• How do I go about growing in Jesus, to become a mature believer?

That is what this guide is here for. Hopefully you have an older believer to walk with you as you grow. In that case, this handbook will be like a reminder and a reference to use when your mentor is not available. If not (or even with a mentor) remember that Jesus is living in the new heart he gave you, the Holy Spirit has sealed your spirit and the Father is watching and protecting you, so you are never alone. You are in a new relationship with the creator of the universe. To enter this relationship all you had to do is believe God when he said it was possible. He did all the heavy lifting to get you started and He will help you get along, so always pray before studying. The Holy Spirit promises to teach you all things

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

John 16:13-14 (KJV)

[2] 1John 2:1  My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Eph 1:20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places], – Read the whole first chapter of Ephesians

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