WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN
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And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN
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We Must Receive Christ
We Must Receive Christ
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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A. To become a Christian means receiving Christ. It includes repenting, believing, and forsaking our sins.
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
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B. Receiving Christ means being in him. “Old things are passed away”
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
B. Receiving Christ means being in him. “Old things are passed away” (). Old friends, habits, and sinful pursuits drop off.
Old friends, habits, and sinful pursuits drop off.
Old friends, habits, and sinful pursuits drop off.
C. In Christ “all things are become new”. We receive a new life, faith, hope, love, joy, and peace.
Positive Sermon Outlines 27. What It Means to Be a Christian
We Must Resemble Christ
“… leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps” (1 Peter 2:21).
A. As Christians we should emulate Christ in our thinking, seeing, hearing, speaking, doing, and going.
B. We should look for the positive and good; be kind, compassionate, and understanding (see Col. 3:12, 13).
C. As Christians, we should work with diligence and purpose, setting our affections on things above (see Col. 3:1, 2).
We Must Resemble Christ
We Must Resemble Christ
We Must Resemble Christ
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
A. As Christians we should emulate Christ in our thinking, seeing, hearing, speaking, doing, and going.
B. We should look for the positive and good; be kind, compassionate, and understanding.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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C. As Christians, we should work with diligence and purpose, setting our affections on things above.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Positive Sermon Outlines 27. What It Means to Be a Christian
We Must Represent Christ
“And ye shall be witnesses unto me” (Acts 1:8).
A. As Christians, we are to represent Christ at home, school, work, and play—everywhere. We should seek to exemplify him in deed and conversation.
B. Missionaries are to represent Christ on foreign fields. They speak and witness for him. We should do the same here at home.
C. We can represent Christ by giving words of encouragement, good deeds, and witnessing to the unsaved about him (see Isa. 43:10).
Spray, R. E. (1991). Positive Sermon Outlines (p. 60). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
We Must Represent Christ
We Must Represent Christ
We Must Represent Christ
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
“And ye shall be witnesses unto me” ().
A. As Christians, we are to represent Christ at home, school, work, and play—everywhere. We should seek to exemplify him in deed and conversation.
B. Missionaries are to represent Christ on foreign fields. They speak and witness for him. We should do the same here at home.
C. We can represent Christ by giving words of encouragement, good deeds, and witnessing to the unsaved about him.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord,
And my servant whom I have chosen:
That ye may know and believe me,
And understand that I am he:
Before me there was no God formed,
Neither shall there be after me.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord,
And my servant whom I have chosen:
That ye may know and believe me,
And understand that I am he:
Before me there was no God formed,
Neither shall there be after me.
We Shall Reign with Christ
We Shall Reign with Christ
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
A. Those who receive Christ, resemble Christ, represent Christ, shall also reign with Christ.
B. The Scripture says, “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory”.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
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C. Being a Christian means that we are in Christ, like Christ, for Christ, and with Christ for now and throughout eternity.
Spray, R. E. (1991). Positive Sermon Outlines (p. 60). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.