This document provides a new believer packet with resources for understanding scripture and growing in faith. It includes: 1) A Scripture Reference Guide that lists Bible verses for common questions about concepts like heaven, hell, the gospel, dating, and more. 2) Definitions of discipleship emphasizing the importance of pouring into others and being poured into. 3) A Scripture Memory System with three methods for memorizing Bible verses each week: writing verses on hands, using verses as phone lock screens, and writing verses on index cards. 4) A list of recommended books and websites for further learning. The packet aims to equip new believers as they begin their faith journey.

1. New Believer Packet

2. Scripture Reference Guide
Use this guide as an introduction to some common questions we all ask, especially when we
are just beginning our walk with the Lord. Don’t give up if scripture is confusing, ask Ben or
one of our adult leaders to help guide you through it or check out the appendix at the end
of this packet!
• What is Heaven?
o Romans 2:5-11
• What is Hell?
o Luke 16:19-31, 2 Thess. 1:9, Matthew 18:8, Matthew 25:46, John 5:24
• What is “The Gospel”?
o Romans 1-5, Romans 8:31, John 10:28, Romans 3:23, 5:8, 6:3, 6:23, 8:9, 10:9-10, John 3:16,
Ephesians 2:8
• Is dating okay?
o Matthew 19:5, Genesis 2:24
• What is “The Trinity”?
o Genesis 1:26, 1 Corinthians 12:4-6
• What is “Discipleship”?
o Colossians 1:9-11, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, Proverbs 27:23, 1 Timothy 4:12
• Why is cussing bad?
o Colossians 3:8, Ephesians 4:29, Matthew 15:10-11, James 3:10, Matthew 12:36-37, Psalm
19:14
• Why is cutting bad?
o 1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 10:23, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Psalm 34:18
• What does the Bible say about divorce?
o Matthew 19:3-9
• What if someone asks me a question and I don’t know scripture for it?
o Look it up.
• Do I have to stop listening to non-Christian music and movies?
o 1 Corinthians 10:31, Romans 12:1-2, Philippians 4:8, Romans 14
• How is the Bible different from other Religious Books?
o John 1:1-5, John 1:10-14, 1 Tim 3:16, Heb. 1:3, Col. 1:15, 2 Timothy 4:16
• Are some sins worse than others?
o Matthew 12:32, John 19:11, Hebrews 10:29, 1 John 5:16
• Can I lose my salvation?
o Romans 8:38-39, John 10:28-29, Jude 24-25
• Why is homosexuality wrong? (Can Christians be gay?)
o Romans 1:26-32, Mark 7, Romans 7:13, Psalm 51, 1 Corinthians 6, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus
20:13, Genesis 19, Jude 7
• Why is baptism important?
o Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 1:4-5, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 8:35-38
• What does the Bible say about abortion?
o Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 139: 13-16, Exodus 20:13, Exodus 23:7
• How do I live a godly life in an ungodly world?
o 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Peter 1:15-16, 1 Corinthians 6:11
• Can people who commit suicide go to Heaven?
o Refer to questions about abortion and losing salvation.
• How far is too far in a relationship?
o 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, Matthew 5:28

3. Definition of Discipleship
It is important to understand as a believer the importance of discipleship in our
lives. Christ tells us to go and make disciples of all nations, not to just tell the
whole world the Gospel. We must make sure that as we grow in our faith we
find someone to disciple us and that we find someone whom we can disciple
and pour into as well! Hopefully these definitions help make it a little clearer
and if they make it less clear for you talk to Ben, he would love to explain it
more in depth!
• Definition #1
o “Proper Biblical Discipleship is an earthly relationship that is founded
on a heavenly relationship, functioning through prayer, fellowship,
accountability, and service in order to produce love, humility, fear of
the Lord, and holiness; doing all this in order to better glorify God and
show Christ’s love while reproducing a third spiritual generation.”
• Definition #2
o “Discipleship is fellowship, a sharpening relationship, allowing two
people to get beneath the melanin. Serving one another and
carrying others’ burdens, lifting up in prayer, helping where the hurt
is. This discipleship produces love, humility, holiness, founded on
desire to glorify in obedience.”

4. Scripture Memory System
Scripture memory is very important for believers. God’s Word says to hide His
words in your heart so that you may not sin against Him. Scripture helps us to
fight temptations to sin in our lives and allow us to see God’s plan for us. It is not
easy, by any stretch of the imagination. It takes work to memorize scripture, but
just like anything else in life that we learn, it just takes commitment. It’s not
physics or another language, but simply God’s Word to us.
• Each week choose one of three methods to help memorize a
passage or verse of scripture.
§ Option 1: Using a sharpie or pen, write the first letter of every
word in the verse(s) on the back of your hand or on the inside
of your forearm. This will allow you to see the scripture regularly
and carry it with you wherever you goes.
§ Option 2: change the lock screen background on your phone
to that particular verse and say it to yourself or to another
person each time the phone is unlocked.
§ Option 3: write the verse on an index card every morning when
waking up, carry that index card in Your pocket all day, and
write as much as possible on the back of the card each night
before You go to sleep.

5. Helpful Resources
Books
The Knowledge of the Holy
The Gospel’s Power and Message
Jesus the King
The Attributes of God Vol. 1
The Attributes of God Vol. 2
Dangerous Calling
Systematic Theology
The Holiness of God
What is the Gospel
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
The Bible and Homosexual Practice
Wild at Heart
Manhood Restored
Gospel-Centered Discipleship
The Complete Book of Discipleship
The Pursuit of God
The Cost of Discipleship
Desiring God
Don’t Waste Your Life
The Prodigal God
The Divine Conspiracy
Doctrine Matters
The Imitation of Christ
Exegetical Fallacies
Celebration of Discipline
Interpreting the Pauline Epistles
How to Study the Bible
Apologetics to the Glory of God
The Problem of Pain
A Grief Observed
Apologetics to the Glory of God
The Case for Christ
Reasonable Faith
Life’s Ultimate Questions
Websites
DesiringGod
RZIM
GospelCoalition
Snowbird

6. Study Pray Serve
Get to Know God