called christians acts 11:26. called by a new name the term called used in acts 11:26 is always a...
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CALLED CHRISTIANS
ACTS 11:26
CALLED BY A NEW NAME
•THE TERM CALLED USED IN ACTS 11:26 IS ALWAYS A DIVINE SPEAKING, UTTERANCE, OR WARNING
•NOAH WAS WARNED OF THE FLOOD – HEBREWS 11:7
• JOSEPH WAS WARNED BY GOD – MATTHEW 2:12
•CORNELIUS WAS WARNED FROM GOD – ACTS 10:22
•GOD UTTERED A NEW NAME FOR HIS PEOPLE – ISAIAH 62:2
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
CALLED BY A NEW NAME
•PEOPLE ARE TYPICALLY CALLED BY THEIR BUSINESS AND CHARACTER:
•RAHAB THE HARLOT – HEBREWS 11:31
•MATTHEW THE PUBLICAN – MATTHEW 10:3
•LUKE THE PHYSICIAN – COLOSSIANS 4:14
• JESUS THE CARPENTER – MARK 6:3
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
CALLED BY A NEW NAME
•CHRISTIANS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A WAY THAT IS HONORABLE AND WORTHY OF THE NAME – JAMES 2:9
•WE ARE TO REMOVE UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLINESS FROM OUR LIVES – TITUS 2:12
•SIN GIVES CAUSE FOR UNBELIEVERS TO BLASPHEME THE NAME OF GOD – ROMANS 2:24
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
CALLED BY A NEW NAME
•THE NAME CHRISTIAN DID NOT ORIGINATE FROM MOCKERY, RIDICULE, OR DERISION. PETER USED THE NAME IN A POSITIVE MANNER – 1 PETER 4:16
•THE NAME THAT AROSE OUT OF UNBELIEF WAS “NAZARENE” – ACTS 24:5
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
A CHRISTIAN IS NOT…
•MERELY A MORAL PERSON – ACTS 10:2
•THE PERSON WHO IS SAVED “BY FAITH ALONE” – JAMES 2:19, 24
•A PERSON THAT IS MERELY IMMERSED IN WATER – ACTS 19:5
•THE SIMPLE CHURCH GOER
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
A CHRISTIAN IS…
•A DISCIPLE – ACTS 11:26
•DISCIPLES ARE TO BECOME LIKE THEIR TEACHERS – 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1
•THE NAME THAT DISCIPLES ARE CALLED WILL REVEAL WHOM THEY FOLLOW, E.G., LUTHERANS, METHODISTS, CHRISTIANS, ETC.
•FOLLOWING MEN IS CONDEMNED – 1 CORINTHIANS 1:12
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
A CHRISTIAN IS…
•A PART OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH – ACTS 11:26
•THE GENTILES WOULD SEE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD – ISAIAH 62:2; ACTS 11:1; 15:17
•AFTER THE GENTILES SAW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, THEN THEY WOULD BE CALLED BY THE NEW NAME – ACTS 11:26
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
A CHRISTIAN IS…
•A PART OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH – ACTS 11:26
•BELIEVERS WOULD BE MARRIED TO THE LORD – ISAIAH 62:4
•ALL CHRISTIANS ARE MEMBERS OF HIS CHURCH – EPHESIANS 5:23-27
•THOSE WHO ARE SAVED ARE ADDED TO HIS CHURCH BY THE LORD – ACTS 2:41, 47
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN•ALL THOSE WHO WERE BAPTIZED AND SAVED WERE ADDED TO THE CHURCH – ACTS 2:40, 41
•BAPTISM IS NOT…A FORMALISTIC CHURCH RITE.
•BAPTISM IS NOT…SOMETHING I DO BECAUSE I AM ALREADY SAVED.
•BAPTISM IS NOT…WORKING MY WAY TO HEAVEN.
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN•ALL THOSE WHO WERE BAPTIZED AND SAVED WERE ADDED TO THE CHURCH – ACTS 2:40, 41
•BAPTISM IS…AN ACT OF FAITH BASED UPON MY TRUST IN THE GOD OF GRACE TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS.
•BAPTISM IS…AN APPEAL TO GOD FOR A GOOD CONSCIENCE.
“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
Acts 11:26
Will you become a Christian?