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?