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What Is A Christian and How Does One Become One?

Explore the significance of being a Christian, from following Christ to the vital steps of belief, repentance, and baptism. Learn how becoming a Christian involves ownership by Christ, a noble name of honor, and adherence to revealed truths from the Bible.

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What Is A Christian and How Does One Become One?

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  1. What Is A ChristianandHow Does One Become One?

  2. CHRISTIAN • “A follower of Christ” • Denotes a relationship to Jesus, the Savior • Only those in a right relationship to Jesus Christ are Christians in the Biblical sense • A Designation- a name by which a person is designated and distinguished from others • Denotes Ownership – Christ is the owner/ master of Christians Titus 2:11-14 • 1 Corinthians 6:19,20

  3. CHRISTIAN • Found several places in the Bible • Prophecies about “new name” by which God’s people would be called – Isaiah 62:2 • To Come from the mouth of the Lord – Acts 11:26 • “were called” – chrematizo “"to utter an oracle," or "be called, be admonished (warned) of God, reveal, speak." • James 2:7 – noble name

  4. CHRISTIAN • A Name In Which There is Honor • 1 Peter 4:15,16 • Glorify God in a personal relationship to Christ – Being His Possession! • KJV “in this name”

  5. How Does One Become A Christian?

  6. How Does One Become A Christian? • Not By Being Religious Alone • Acts 17:22 • Galatians 1:13,14 • Not By Being A Believer Only • John 12:42,43 • John 8:31,32

  7. Being A Christian Means: • Accepting All Revealed Truth • Not from the Book of Mormon, Science and Health and Key to the Scriptures, New World Translation, Koran or any other book than the Bible • The Bible is the only truth, only the truth, nothing but the truth, and it is all the truth there is about salvation

  8. BELIEF IN CHRIST THE FIRST STEP • Must believe in Christ • To Believe the right thing, on must hear the right thing – Romans 10:13,14 • Romans 10:17 “hearing the word of God” • Error taught never make one a Christian

  9. REPENTANCE • Believer Must Repent • Repentance follows faith • Repentance is the turning from a sinful life • A deliberate mental act – decision & determination that affects behavior • Acts 17:30 “God…not commands all men everywhere to repent”

  10. BE BAPTIZED • A Penitent Believer Must Be Baptized • A person has no right to wear the name “Christian” who has not been baptized for the remission of sins in the name of Christ • Hear the same gospel, believe in the same Christ, repent as they did, and be baptized just as they were – and you will be a Christian

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