DISCIPLES CALLED CHRISTIANS PART TWO: A NEW NAME TEXT: Acts 11:26
SUMMARY: Drawing attention to the use of the word “Christians” to describe the disciples of Christ follows the well-established biblical tradition of descriptive names, emphasizes the great privileges given to those who know God in Christ, and places upon those who are given the name the responsibility of living up to it.
I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAME CHRISTIAN A. A New Emphasis. 1. Physical becomes spiritual. 2. External becomes internal.
B. A New Kind of Name. 1. Peter 2. John 3. Paul 4. Timothy
C. A New Description for Christ’s Disciples.
II. THE PRIVILEGES OF THE NAME CHRISTIAN A. Christians Have a Privileged Origin: B. Christians Have a Privileged Relationship, 1. Greatly honored. 2. God’s jewels. 3. Written in God’s book of life. 4. Those of whom God is not ashamed.
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