BECOMING AND BEING A CHRISTIAN
INTRODUCTION:
THE WORD “CHRISTIAN” APPEARS 3 TIMES IN THE BIBLE.
QUALITIES OF A CHRISTIAN
ACTS 11:26 – “…AND THE DISCIPLES WERE FIRST CALLED CHRISTIANS IN ANTIOCH”
A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CHARACTER AND CONDUCT
THEIR LIFE REVEALS AN OBVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
ACTS 26:28 – “…IN A SHORT TIME YOU WILL PERSUADE ME TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.”
THEIR PASSION AND PURPOSE IS TO PERSUADE OTHERS TO FOLLOW CHRIST
1 PETER 4:16 – “…IF ANYONE SUFFERS AS A CHRISTIAN, HE IS NOT TO BE ASHAMED, BUT IS TO GLORIFY GOD IN THIS NAME.”
THEY ARE MISUNDERSTOOD, MALIGNED, AND EVEN PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF A COMMITMENT TO PURITY AND SEPARATION FROM ALL THINGS EVIL.
REQUIREMENT TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN
THE LIVING PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST
THE CHRISTIAN IS A REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST
ACTS 20:21 – “…REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.”