Walking with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Walking with the Lord Jesus Christ is our follow-up pamphlet to Our Spiritual Journey Together. Once people have made a commitment to Christ, they need to know what steps come next to continue their journey with him. This pamphlet explains the steps, briefly.
Feel free to download, print, and distribute as many pamphlets as you like. Make sure you add your church’s contact information on the back of each pamphlet. (We find the easiest way is to use the church’s mailing labels.)
To print the pamphlets on both sides of a sheet of paper, print a pamphlet on one side of a sheet, then flip the sheet upside-down and print it again on other side. (If your printer is an inkjet, it will be much easier to photocopy than print.)
If you intend to use a significant number of pamphlets, we recommend going through a professional printer, who can print large quantities, cut, fold, and bundle. (We at Barnabas Missions also like to print our pamphlets with blue or red ink.)
Using the pamphlet.
This is not a pamphlet you use with non-Christians or pre-Christians; it is used with people who have just made a commitment to Christ. Most of the time, Christians lead people to Christ but never get them started or grounded in their new relationship with him. This is why we see statistics that say 90 percent of new Christians backslide into their former, non-Christian lives. It's imperative that new Christians become grounded before the devil takes away the word that was sown in them. (Mk 4:15 NIV)
If you want to be certain that people read this pamphlet, the best thing to do is to read it with them. Brian Kelly figures a really thorough reading and explanation of the pamphlet will take about 20 minutes. It may actually take no more than five minutes; but give yourself time to go through and explain the pamphlet in detail.
Use this pamphlet right after the person has accepted Christ (in accordance with the pamphlet Our Spiritual Journey Together or along with the Discipleship Follow-Up Questionnaire.
Describing the pamphlet.
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front,depicts a family walking together on a road. This represents the church—the family that believers become a part of once God adopts us as his children—and the journey that we're all on as we become closer to God through Christ.
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insidedeals with truths that have to do with Jesus's statement,
I am the way, the truth, and the life.(Jn 14:6 KJV)
The second panel shows us two truths that have to do with Jesus as the way.
God delivers us from our sin. The images depict a man in prison, and the man set free. The scripture is from Jesus's statement in John 10:10 NIV: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
Explain that Jesus came to ransom (in Roman times, this meant pay the penalty
) our sin. We don't have to continue in our sinful lives any more. With God's help and through God's power, we can live the holy lives that God wants us to. We can have good, better lives.
A commitment to Christ is a commitment to his church. The scripture is Ephesians 2:19 NIV: You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household.
Explain that when we become Christians, he gives us the right to become children of God (Jn 1:12 NIV) We become part of God's family, and they're here to support and encourage us in our journey with Christ. We don't need to go it alone any more.
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God's word leads us into all truth. The image depicts a Bible, with the two commandments that Jesus said were greatest: Love the Lord your God (Ex 3:6, Mt 22:37) and love your neighbor as yourself. (Dt 6:5, Mt 22:39) The scriptures are John 17:17 NIV, Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth,
and Psalm 119:105 NIV, Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Explain that we need to read the Bible regularly so that we can become familiar with who God is, what God says, and what God expects of his people. We have to compare everything we teach to the Bible, because the Bible is the most accurate description of God that we have. It is truth.
We must communicate the lordship of Jesus Christ. The image shows Christians sharing their faith with others. The scripture is Acts 5:42 NIV, Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
Explain the background behind this verse. Jesus told his disciples (or students) to go everywhere and teach everyone what he had taught them. (Mt 28:20) So they did, and people were beginning to experience the life to the full
that Jesus had come to give us. (Jn 10:10) But the religious leaders—the ones who had killed Jesus—became jealous and ordered the disciples to stop. The disciples refused, and God blessed them because of it. The point is that Christianity is not something we're meant to keep to ourselves.
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Regular prayer is essential to our relationship with God. The image shows two Christians praying together (not something easy to do when you aren't regularly attending a church!) with the two scriptures: Hebrews 10:19 NIV, We have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, and Luke 9:23 NIV, If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Explain the background behind the first verse. In ancient times, the only people who could stand before God were the priests, because they had gone through all the rituals necessary to make themselves holy for God. But now that God has made us holy, any Christian can now stand before God and ask him for anything.
Explain the background behind the second verse. Those of us who follow Jesus must sacrifice things for him (deny himself and take up his cross daily
) on a daily basis. Prayer means setting aside your time and spending it with God. Together with reading the Bible, it's how we get to know God.
We are destined to share eternal life with him. The image is the same as that from the fourth panel of Our Spiritual Journey Together, where Jesus restores us. The scripture is Revelation 7:9 NIV, There before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. (Explain that the Lamb represents Jesus.)
Remind the person that God's plan was to have a relationship with his people, and that Jesus restored this relationship. In the End, after he returns, Jesus will raise his people from the dead, and he will actually live on the earth with his people. God says himself, ...The dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
(Rv 21:3-4)
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Point to the first idea and the last idea. Remind the person, God has done his part here, and God will do his part here. Who has to work on the other parts?
Remind the person that the Christian life is a journey, and all these points in between are steps on the journey from the beginning point to the final point.
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back,is where you put your church’s contact information—if the new Christian has any questions, there should be someplace to call.
Further training.
For a video introduction to Our Spiritual Journey Together and using questionnaires and booklets for evangelism, Sharing Your Spiritual Journey with Others presents a thorough introduction, particularly in Part 12, Intentional Outreach Approaches.
We’ve just finished principal photography for Be His Witness, a video seminar that specifically shows you how to use Our Spiritual Journey Together for outreach. We expect it to be complete in January 2007. Check back with Barnabas Missions for updates.