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3. The constant irritation and attack of our sin nature, Gal. 5.16-23

4. Need for ongoing instruction, nurture, and feeding: New converts need to understand God’s Word and will, 1 Pet. 2.2.; Heb. 5.11-6.4.

5. Need for friends and cultivating new life patterns based on a kingdom perspective: New converts need friends to encourage holy living, John 13.34-34. 6. Need for regular, parental and pastoral care: New converts need godly pastors to keep watch over their souls, Heb. 13.17.

C. What are elements or persons involved in New Testament follow-up?

1. Attachment to a local assembly of believers, Heb. 10.24-25

2. Immediate, consistent contact after decision, 1 Thess. 2.3

3. Doctrinal nurture and teaching, 2 Tim. 3.16-17

4. Strategic befriending, 2 Tim. 2.2.; Gal. 6.2

5. Oikos recognition and penetration, Acts 16

6. Feeding and care from godly, spiritual parents, John 21

7. Establishing new relationships in the body of Christ, Rom. 15.5-6