--BEARING
THE NAME ~
Acts 11:19-26
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The disciples were
first called Christians
in Antioch.
---Acts 11:26 - bible
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We who follow Christ bear His name. In Luke's record of the early church, he said: "The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch" Later, Peter urged the early believers not to be ashamed of suffering as "a Christian" (1 Peter 4:16). The term 'Christian', once directed at Jesus' followers in scorn, was embraced by them as a badge of honor, a mark of allegiance to Him.

E.M. Blaiklock, former Chair of Classics at the University of Auckland, wrote that in the first century the term 'Christian' had "a certain appropriateness, for it implied loyalty and acceptance of a person, and that person, the Messiah (Christ)...The true modern use of the word follows the same tradition...The Christian is one who accepts, whith all its implications, the lordship of Jesus Christ."

As followers of Christ today, we gladly bear His name as our Savior, Lord, and Friend.

Just what do Christians look like?
What sets their lives apart?
They're ordinary people
Who love God from the heart. - cross
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Don't be a Christian in name only. Never be ashamed of our Blessed Lord, Creator, King of kings, JESUS! He Loves YOU!

ODB/DM

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]