The Layman's Guide to Your New Life In Christ

When we begin a new life in Christ at our baptism, God does not instantly and supernaturally change us so that we automatically behave in a loving and Christ like way for the rest of our lives. We are like new born babies. Babies need milk to feed on; it helps to make them grow up and to be strong. We need spiritual milk, food from God’s Word, to help us to grow spiritually strong. It is by constantly reading and meditating on the Bible and through prayer that we learn how to behave as true disciples of Jesus Christ. As we do this we will find our minds and hearts being filled with God’s Word and His ways and this will help to push out of our minds and lives our own desires and sinful ways. This is not easy and it does not happen overnight when we are baptized – indeed it is a lifetime’s work.