Having received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you are saved! You are a born-again Christian and your name is written in the book of life. Your question "What is the next step to take? Having become a Christian is a good step, but it is just the beginning. You ought to become a good strong Christian. "So how do I do that?" In this classic book you will learn the steps to take to be and stay a strong Christian who is also ready for death or the rapture.
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a renowned evangelist and author with a ministerial career spanning over 25 years. He is the founding Bishop of the Lighthouse Chapel International denomination which was founded in 1987 and has become one of the most prominent and fastest-growing churches to have been born out of West Africa.
To be a strong Christian is to: * Have a deep Christian life. - Have deep roots “But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.” Luke 8:13 NKJV
* Be spiritual. - A spiritual person is one who is completely dominated by the Holy Spirit. - His thoughts, will, intentions, mind, and actions are determined and restricted by the Holy Spirit. - The more of your life that is controlled and determined but the holy spirit, the more spiritual you are. - “Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:1 NIV
* Be holy. - “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:1-2 NKJV
* Be mature in the word. - “that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,” Ephesians 4:14 NKJV
* Be fruitful. - “that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;” - Colossians 1:10 NKJV
* Be ready to meet God - “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” Matthew 25:13 NKJV
Being a Christian isn’t enough, being a strong and fruitful one is. The Lord truly died for my sins, being ever grateful and a fruit bearing Christian is the only way. The path of righteousness is narrow, hence why a few follow or make it but it ever so sweet when meeting my maker and savior Jesus Christ. ‘With God nothing is truly impossible’ - Matthew 19:26, being renewed in belief and faith is the only way towards a prosperous and righteous path.
Great book for new and seasoned Christians. The tips provided are practical and attainable. After reading this book, I have set some goals for how I want to be a better Christian and ready for his return!