Next Steps

Becoming a Christian and beginning your journey with Jesus is the start of an exciting adventure...

But it can also be a little overwhelming, and a confusing time as well.
Taking a breath and spending a little time getting to know what Christ expects of you at the start of your journey will pay dividends down the road, and will set you up to becoming a well-balanced and biblically based Christian.
This page is designed to hopefully help you in your journey.

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Are you a Christian?

Some people think they are Christians because of the Country or family they were born into, but being a Christian is a personal choice and there are steps that need to be taken in order to become a Christian.

If you aren’t a Christian yet, but want to be, then just follow the three easy steps below. Click on the word in the boxes to open a short guideline on each step.

If you have already given yourself to the Lord then you can scroll down past these boxes to the next steps.

Repentance is far more than just saying you’re sorry for something. The first thing we have to do is humble ourselves and recognise we are sinners. Real sin isn’t murder, lying or cheating – those are the consequences or effects of sin – Real sin is open rebelliousness against God. It’s saying we don’t need Him or want Him in our lives. 

To repent means acknowledge our wrongdoings, confess them to God, and make a firm commitment to stop doing them; to turn around onto a new path of faith.

Only Jesus died for your sins. Only Jesus sits at God’s side, interceding on your behalf. Only He can answer your prayers. – So pray to Him.

Prayer is having a conversation with the Almighty. Get into the habit of praying every day. The bible says, ‘pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

Anyone can confess their sins and pray for forgiveness. But unless that is accompanied with belief, then it means nothing. First, you have to believe that God is, and that His Son Died for you and that He rose from the dead.

Second, you have to believe that He has forgiven you, and that you are now saved.
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  

Water Baptism

What is water baptism?

The word ‘baptism’ means to immerse, drench, or saturate, so water baptism means to immerse, drench, or saturate in water. 

Sprinkling with a few drops of water is not baptism.

It is an act of obedience to Christ and is symbolic of dying to self, a washing away of sins, and coming back up out of the water to new life in Christ. 

who can be baptised?

The New Testament talks a lot about baptism, but gives no clear rules about who can be baptised. However, there are examples and processes given in scripture that point us in the right direction.

John the Baptist came with a baptism of repentance, and when Peter finished preaching his first sermon at Pentecost, we are told that the people who heard him were ‘cut to the heart’, and they asked, “what shall we do?”

Peter’s response was that they repent and be baptised. (Acts 2: 36-38)

So only those who are so ‘cut to the heart’ or are made so aware of their sin that they respond by repenting can be baptised. In other words, only someone who is able to make a rational decision for Christ can be baptised. Babies and toddlers can’t do this.  

what are you baptised into?

State church tradition has it that you are baptised into a particular church or denomination, but that is not found anywhere in scripture. Jesus said in Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

And Peter says that we are baptised into Jesus (Acts 2: 38) You are not baptised into a denomination, you are baptised into the family of God.

Baptism Process

Commit yourself to a church

Baptism is as much an act of obedience as it is a symbol of newness of life. Coming under the authority of a minister and into the spiritual covering that comes from being an active and participating member of the body of Christ is a huge part of obedience to Christ, and anyone being baptised should have already agreed to being a committed member of the church.

Tell your pastor/church leader

If the pastor/ leader believes you are ready he/she will give you specific teaching on what water baptism is and is not. Let them guide and teach you.

Confess your faith

The person being baptised is encouraged to give a confession of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and give their reason for wanting to be baptised.

Romans 10: 8-10 says, “But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” {That is, the word of faith which we preach}: That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

What to say

Give your testimony. In simple terms tell those who are watching how God has moved in your life, and what Jesus has done for you.

What goes down must come up!

Full immersion represents dying to our old selves and being re-born in Jesus Christ: Don’t be scared, those baptising you will put you fully under the water, but rest assured, they will bring you back up!
A word of advice: Wear a swimming costume underneath dark clothes that won’t turn transparent in water! And hold your nose!!