Beloved in the Lord,
If you have been led by the Holy Ghost to own the Lord Jesus as your Savior, allow me to exhort you in some particulars.
Let Him, not the instrument used for your blessing, have all the praise, for He alone is worthy, and His servants would be "carnal" indeed (1 Cor. 3:1.9) if they allowed you to think of them, when the praise and adoration belong only to Him.
You have been led to see that you know very little of God's Word—so all of us should candidly admit (1 Cor. 8:2). Then search daily to find in the Scriptures a deeper acquaintance with the Person to whom you are brought. You know what the work has done for your conscience; now learn about the divine
Object for your heart. In this day of confusion and lawlessness the saint of God needs, as ever, to be commended "to God, and to the word of His grace" (Acts 20:32).
Loud talking and much disputing ill become followers of Jesus in this day. A quiet consistent walk in whatever relationship of life we are found will weigh much more heavily (1 Pet. 2:12).
Make it a habit when you meet together to avoid the gossip tendency of the day. The Person of the Christ, as shown to faith by the Holy Ghost in the Word, should be the only theme. This will exclude slander on the one hand, and creature worship on the other.
5. Next to thus living consistently before your relatives, persevere in prayer to God (Eph.
6:18) for them, and watch for a favorable opportunity to speak to them. This needs wisdom (Isa. 50:4; Pro. 15:23).
Wait on the Lord to enlarge your hearts toward unconverted persons. To such as you know, watch your opportunity to commend a good gospel tract or book. Respecting this you should feel it your privilege to lay by, as the Lord prospers you, for the scattering of what you believe, according to God's Word, is the truth to help souls. So also, instead of wasting money on needless things, look after the poor—especially those who are the Lord's (1 Timothy
6:17-19).
I would lastly add that you should most earnestly find out what is the mind of the Lord respecting you in these last days. To gather round men—to aid in schism—would be simply to go counter to the truth in John 17, Eph. 4 Cor. 12, etc. If you are willing to do what is right, the Lord will make plain your path (Phil. 3:13-21). But surely every saint of God should feel that the present condition of the Church—God's Church—on the earth is anything but what it was when
All were of one heart and soul
And love to Christ inspired the whole;
when no names, and sects, and parties, severed practically, as to outward testimony, the "one body."
May abundant grace, mercy, and peace be yours, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Yours truly in Him,