WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?

INTRODUCTION:

A. Acts 11:26 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.

B. Preacher asking what is a Christian, boy asks mommy do you know, the preacher keeps asking getting louder each time, after fourth time boy finally jumps up and yells mommy tell him.

L. S. A Christian is one who ...

1. is saved - 2 Tim. 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

2. is sealed - Ephes. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

3. is seated - Ephes. 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

4. is sanctified - 1 Cor. 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

5. is secure - John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

6. is separated - John 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

7. is sustained - 2 Cor. 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

8. is a son of God - Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

9. is a saint - 1 Cor. 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

10. is a servant - Col. 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

11. is a supplicant - 1 Tim. 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

12. is a soldier - 2 Tim. 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

13. is a stone - 1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

14. is a stranger - 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

15. is a sheep - 1 Peter 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

16. is a steward - 1 Peter 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

17. is a sufferer - 1 Peter 4:16-19 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. [17] For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? [18] And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? [19] Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

18. will see the Lord - 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

19. is a sibling of Jesus - (Rom 8:16-17 KJV) "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: {17} And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."

20. is something new - (2 Cor 5:17 KJV) "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

CONCLUSION

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?

INTRODUCTION:

A. ACTS 11:26

B. WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? ILLUSTRATION

L. S. A CHRISTIAN IS ONE WHO ...

1. IS SAVED - 2_____________ 1:9

2. IS ________ - EPHES. 1:13

3. IS SEATED - EPHESIANS __:__

4. IS ____________ - 1 COR. 6:11

5. IS SECURE - _________ 10:28

6. IS _____________ - JOHN 17:16

7. IS SUSTAINED - 2 COR. ___:__

8. IS A _______ OF GOD - ROMANS 8:14

9. IS A SAINT - 1 ________________ 1:2

10. IS A ____________ - COL. 3:24

11. IS A SUPPLIANT - 1 TIM. __:__

12. IS A ___________ - 2 TIM. 2:3

13. IS A STONE - 1 __________ 2:5

14. IS A ___________ - 1 PETER 2:11

15. IS A __________ - 1 PETER 2:25

16. IS A STEWARD - 1 PETER __:____

17. IS A ____________ - 1 PETER 4:16-19

18. WILL SEE THE LORD - 1 __________ 3:2

19. IS A _______ OF JESUS - ROM 8:16-17

20. IS SOMETHING NEW - 2 _______________ 5:17

CONCLUSION

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?

INTRODUCTION:

A. ACTS 11:26

B. WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? ILLUSTRATION

L. S. A CHRISTIAN IS ONE WHO ...

1. IS SAVED - 2_____________ 1:9

2. IS ________ - EPHES. 1:13

3. IS SEATED - EPHESIANS __:__

4. IS ____________ - 1 COR. 6:11

5. IS SECURE - _________ 10:28

6. IS _____________ - JOHN 17:16

7. IS SUSTAINED - 2 COR. ___:__

8. IS A _______ OF GOD - ROMANS 8:14

9. IS A SAINT - 1 ________________ 1:2

10. IS A ____________ - COL. 3:24

11. IS A SUPPLIANT - 1 TIM. __:__

12. IS A ___________ - 2 TIM. 2:3

13. IS A STONE - 1 __________ 2:5

14. IS A ___________ - 1 PETER 2:11

15. IS A __________ - 1 PETER 2:25

16. IS A STEWARD - 1 PETER __:____

17. IS A ____________ - 1 PETER 4:16-19

18. WILL SEE THE LORD - 1 __________ 3:2

19. IS A _______ OF JESUS - ROM 8:16-17

20. IS SOMETHING NEW - 2 _______________ 5:17

CONCLUSION