What is the best piece of advise I can give a young Christian?
As a young Christian, I was told by other older Christians who discipled me that, FIRST I need to daily know Christ & walk in fellowship & obedience to Him as His disciple/follower the rest of my life--& then what He has revealed to you in His Word & your walk toward maturity in Him, make Him known to others.
'Know God, know peace; no God no peace.'
DEVELOP the DAILY HABIT of a devotional time with the Lord Jesus Christ, seeking His face, to know Him and then to make Him known to others.
John 8:31,32,34,35 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, “If you continue to remain (abide) in My word, THEN you are truly My disciples & THEN you will KNOW THE TRUTH & THEN the TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE...Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Isaiah 50:4,5 The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens
Me MORNING BY MORNING, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. The Lord GOD has opened My ear & I was not disobedient nor did I turn back.
Proverbs 8:33-35 Listen to instruction & be wise; do not ignore it. "Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts. For whoever finds me finds life & obtains the favor of the LORD.
Psalm 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalm 27:4 I have asked one thing from the LORD; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the LORD & seeking (inquiring of) Him in His temple.
John 6:67-69 So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?” Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have believed AND have come to know that You are the Holy One of God."
Psalm 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And apart from You there is nothing upon the earth that I desire. My flesh & my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart & my portion (inheritance) forever.
Luke 10:38-42 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations & she came up
to Him & said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” But the Lord answered & said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried & bothered about so many things; but
ONLY ONE THING IS NECESSARY & Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”
Phil 3:7-15 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless (as a loss) because of what Christ has done. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.
I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
& be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
10I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of His resurrection & participation in His sufferings, becoming like Him in his death & so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind & straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things.
I regret not spending more time with Jesus & in His Word, than pursuits in this life. They will all pass away & most of my university education is forgotten, but the 'good portion' I have not lost.
Psalm 119:9-16 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping
it according to Your word.
10With all my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments.
11Your word I have treasured in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.
12Blessed are You, O LORD;
Teach me Your statutes.
13With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.
14I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15I will meditate on Your precepts
And regard Your ways.
16I shall delight in Your statutes;
I shall not forget Your word.