1. CALLED CHRISTIANS ACTS 11:26

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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. Will you become a Christian?