Back to Basics

The Back to Basics Movement

For Christ

For Personal Self Study

Although Christianity is about the Christian Church, it is even more about each individual’s personal relationship with Christ. This booklet is meant to help develop this individual relationship.

Ron Pegg: crpegg@bmts.com

The Scriptures

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."

St. John 3:16

"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in your heart that God had raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

Roman 10:9

"Believe in me that I am the Father, and  the Father in me…, I go unto my Father and whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son…And I shall pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you forever… He dwelleth with you and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless…Yet a little while and the world sees me no more: but ye see me: because I live ye shall live also. At that day, ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me and I in you."

John 14:11-20 “The Holy Trinity”

The Basics

1. Joy

Jesus First

Others Second

Yourself Last

Ephesians 2:10, Matthew 6:33, Daniel 6:10-16

2. A daily time of prayer (two-way conversation between you and God ), including a time of cleansing.

Psalm 46:10,  I Thessalonians 5:17, Daniel 6:10

3. Tithing (as a beginning)

You cannot out-give God.

Malachi 3:8-12, St. Luke 6:38

Practical Applications

(Not in any particular order)

 

Always eat moderately and healthfully.
Philippians 4:5, I Corinthians 8:1-13

Sunday (or one other day of the week) should be primarily a day of honoring God and resting.

Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 20:8-11, Hebrews 4:3-6

There needs to be at least 2 hours of family or personal activity spent without electronic devices everyday.

Daniel 6:10, Matthew 26:41, Luke 18:1, I Thessalonians 5:17

Sex is meant to be only a part of the sanctity of marriage.

Hebrews 13:4, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:24

Dress Modestly.

I Corinthians 9:24-25, I Thessalonians 5:22, Titus 1:7-8, Galatians 5:22-23

KEEP YOUR EYES FOCUSED UPON YOURSELF.

Luke 6:37, John 8:3-11, Matthew 7:3

A cocktail before dinner or a glass of wine with the meal is acceptable. However, no alcohol at all is preferable.

Galatians 5:22-23, Proverbs 20:1, Ephesians 5:18

If you don’t believe the Bible, you are trusting yourself.

Matthew 5:17-18, II Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 2:1-4, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 11:6,

Isaiah 40:8

Faith without works is dead.

James 2:14-20, Hebrews 4:1-2

Jesus is coming again.

John 4:1-3, I Thessalonians 5:20

Sayings

"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of being unwanted."
 - Mother Teresa

"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." - Amy Carmicheal

"The first question that the Priest… and the Levite asked was, 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But the Good Samaritan reversed the question and asked, 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'' - Martin Luther King Jr.

"We must never minister to someone’s physical needs at the expense of preaching Christ."
- K.P. Yohannan

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing, because he could do only a little."
- Edmund Burke

One Song Says It All- “Living For Jesus”

Living for Jesus a life that is true, 

Striving to please him in all that I do;

Yielding allegiance, glad hearted and free,

This is the pathway of blessing for me.

Chorus

O Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to Thee,

For Thou, in Thy atonement, didst give Thyself for me;

I own no other Master, My heart shall be Thy throne;

My life I give, henceforth to live, 

O Christ, For Thee alone.

Living for Jesus who died in my place,

Bearing on Calvary my sin and disgrace;

Such love constrains me to answer His call,

Follow His leading and give Him my all.

Chorus

Living for Jesus wherever I am,

Doing each duty in His holy name;

Willing to suffer affliction and loss,

Taking each trial as part of my cross.

Chorus

Living for Jesus through earth’s little while,

My dearest treasure, the light of His smile;

Seeking the lost ones He died to redeem,

Bringing the weary to find rest in Him.

Chorus