Study 1....If you are a Christian, you assuredly want to hear Jesus say to you someday, "Well done, good and faithful servant," but it's one thing to desire this and another to be walking the straight and narrow path.

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Study 1 CHRISTIANS
CALLED BY A NEW NAME

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Scripture Portion: 1 Peter 4: 12-19
One word we are all familiar with is the word ‘‘Christian’’. Most of us possess a Christian name, and many people in a very broad and nominal sense would call themselves Christians, but are they Christians in the New Testament sense of the word? Some think that because they are born in a ‘‘Christian’’ country or have received a ‘‘Christian’’ education, or have affiliated themselves to a Christian church and adopt Christian principles, that this is all they need to do to become a Christian. The fact is that we can do all these things and still not be a Christian, for these things are external. It is possible to be a church member, good, moral and kind, and still not be a Christian. What, then, is a Christian? In the New Testament we find the answer to this important question and we discover that the word ‘‘Christian’’ is used only three times –- in Acts 11:26; Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16. It is significant that in the New Testament Christians are called ‘‘saints’’ about sixty times, ‘‘believers’’ about eighty times, and ‘’brothers’’ about two hundred times, but they are called ‘’Christians’’ only three times. What, then, is a Christian?
1 . A Christian is someone who BELONGS TO CHRIST (Acts 11 :26 )
We read, ““the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch…”…” But who called them Christians? Was it the people of Antioch who called them Christians as a kind of nickname, or was it God who called them Christians? It is significant that the word ‘’called’’, a word that is used repeatedly in the New Testament, indicates that God did the calling. But whether it was man-made or God-given, what does it signify? Why would the people of Antioch call them Christians, or why would God call them Christians? Surely because of their obvious attachment to the Lord Jesus Christ. They owned Him, followed Him, loved Him, served Him – they belonged to Him. We refer to an Englishman, an American, a Russian, an African –- and we know what that means. A Christian therefore is a Christ-man, one who belongs to Christ. So how does anyone become a Christian? The answer is by birth. A Christian is one who is born of God (1 Peter 1:22-23); born again (John 3:5); and who thereafter belongs to Christ. If you refer to Acts 11:19-21 you will see that God’’s servants came to Antioch, they preached the Gospel, and the Lord blessed their ministry in a wonderful way so that the Holy Spirit performed the miracle of the New Birth in them –- they ““turned to the Lord”” and ““believed”” on Him, and they were born again (John 1:12-13). Now that is the first mark of a real Christian – someone who has heard the Gospel, turned from his sin, believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and has been born into God’’s family – someone who now belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ.

 Are you a Christian?

We shall continue from here in the concluding part of this study..God bless you.

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