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If a convert doesn't come to church services the Sunday following his
conversion, visit him again in a week or two to check on him. The second
time you see him, he will have had time to reflect on being a "new creature"
(2 Corinthians 5:17), and you can push harder for him to join your church

and learn how to be a fruitful Christian. It was about two weeks after I was
saved that I noticed a change in myself (namely, a change from selfishness
to selflessness). That was the first pragmatic evidence I had that a spiritual
transaction had actually occurred the night I was saved. That gave me extra
assurance of my salvation, and hence, after that day, I was motivated to do
something for Jesus. It might be a good idea to pray for your extroverted
converts to be introverted long enough to see the change in them!

When converts show up for church services, make them feel welcome. Be
as positive as you can. Smile like you're not happier anywhere else! First
impressions will set the tone of your church in the convert's mind. If they've
never been in a similar church service before, show them what goes on and
how everything works. If they sit next to you in a pew, sing those hymns
loudly and cheerfully. (You should have been doing that already!) Psalms
95:1 says "O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise

to the rock of our salvation."

Introduce your convert to everyone so they
will learn his name and he will learn theirs.
(1 Thessalonians 5:12) Don't brag to people that YOU led him to the Lord.
That could make him feel like a pawn in some kind of game that the "church
people" are playing. You could say something like "Jesus saved his soul
yesterday!" Wording it that way also helps instill in your convert a sense of

gratefulness to Christ.

JUMPSTART DOCTRINES

FUTURE JUDGMENT

One important thing for a new convert to learn about is the judgment seat of

Christ, where saved people will be judged for what they did on earth after
they were saved. Knowing the possibility of rewards or shame in heaven
will help motivate your convert to work for God.