{"id":7836,"date":"2026-02-10T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/?p=7836"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:54:30","slug":"10-february-2026-dont-raise-a-secret-christian-raise-a-disciple-colossians-113-matthew-1032-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritmeat.net\/fr\/2026\/02\/10\/10-february-2026-dont-raise-a-secret-christian-raise-a-disciple-colossians-113-matthew-1032-33\/","title":{"rendered":"10 February 2026: DON\u2019T RAISE A SECRET CHRISTIAN: RAISE A DISCIPLE &#8211; Colossians 1:13; Matthew 10:32-33"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><span class=\"tie-dropcap\">S<\/span>alvation is not a handclap; it is a transfer. God \u201chath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son (Colossians 1:13 KJV).\u201d So when a man truly comes to Christ, he has changed kingdoms, changed ownership, changed direction. That is why follow-up is serious: if you don\u2019t help him settle in the new kingdom, the old one will come to collect him like unpaid debt. One of the first battles is secrecy: \u201cI\u2019ve accepted Jesus, but please don\u2019t tell anybody.\u201d Jesus said confession before men matters; you don\u2019t take a new Lord and hide Him like contraband. Help the new believer settle it early: salvation is not a private hobby; it is a public allegiance. If he is ashamed of Christ, he will soon be ashamed of the Word, ashamed of prayer, and ashamed of church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discipling a new believer is not just telling him, \u201cCome to church.\u201d It is making Colossians 1:13 KJV real in his daily life: helping him establish his own walk with the Lord. Share what you know little by little: prayer, the Word, purity, forgiveness, giving, and resisting temptation. Then help him join, attach him to Christ and the church, not to you; don\u2019t build an unhealthy emotional dependence. And don\u2019t make it complicated: give him four daily pillars to grow on: Bible, prayer, fellowship, and testimony. Ask if he has a Bible; if he doesn\u2019t, don\u2019t pamper him into laziness: every man must value God\u2019s Word enough to get his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If you must lend one briefly, do it, but insist he buys his Bible and starts reading.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Help them note their day of conversion, enter believers\u2019 class, and integrate them into the local assembly where they can have friends in church. Don\u2019t send him back to the old place where he kept coming and never got saved: bring him into sound fellowship. Then push him gently into witness: let him confess Christ and start inviting others. If you will do this, you won\u2019t just count converts; you will raise disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THOUGHT TO PONDER:<\/strong> Have I helped any new believer move from secret faith to open confession and steady habits? Who will I follow up today to strengthen and connect to sound fellowship?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-simple is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>PRI\u00c8RE:<\/strong> <strong>Father, make me faithful in follow-up. Establish new believers in Your Word, prayer, fellowship, and bold confession of Christ. Use me to raise disciples, in Jesus\u2019 name. 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