Conversions in Acts
TEXT
: Acts 11:26INTRODUCTION
:A. AM I A CHRISTIAN?
1. How do I know if I am?
2. What does the Bible say?
B. OUR TEXT SAYS THAT CHRISTIAN IS A NAME GIVEN TO DISCIPLES.
1. What is a disciple? (John 8:31).
2. Christ’s word is related in the Bible (Luke 10:16).
3. James 1:21-25. Have I done what the Bible says?
C. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BECOMING A CHRISTIAN?
I.
ENTERING THE DISCIPLINE OF JESUS (Matt. 28:19-20).A. WHAT WERE THE APOSTLES TOLD TO DO IN THIS PASSAGE?
MAKE DISCIPLES
.B. HOW DO YOU MAKE A DISCIPLE?
1. Baptizing them.
2. Teaching them to observe all things commanded.
C. ACTS DESCRIBES THE EXECUTION OF THE GREAT COMMISSION.
II. EXAMPLES OF CONVERSIONS IN ACTS –
WHAT DID PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE DO TO BECOME CHRISTIANS?
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Believe |
Repent |
Confess |
Baptism |
Saved |
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Pentecost 2:2-41 |
Vs. 37, 38 |
Vs. 38-41 |
Vs. 38, 47 |
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Samaria 8:5-13 |
Vs. 12 |
Vs. 12-13 |
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Eunuch 8:35-39 |
Vs. 36-37 |
Vs 37 |
Vs. 38 |
Vs. 39 |
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Saul 9:1-19 |
Vs. 18 |
22:16 |
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Cornelius 10:34-46 |
Vs. 43 |
Vs. 48 |
Vs. 43 |
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Jailor 16:25-34 |
Vs. 31 |
Vs. 33 |
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Lydia 16:11-15 |
Vs. 14 |
Vs. 15 |
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Corinth 18:8 |
Vs. 8 |
Vs. 8 |
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John’s Disciples 19:1-7 |
Vs. 2 |
Vs. 5 |
III.
HAVE I DONE WHAT THEY DID? HAVE IA. BELIEVED? (Mark 15:15-16)
B. REPENTED? (Acts 2:38; 17:30)
C. CONFESSED? (Rom. 10:10; Phil. 2:9-11).
D. BEEN BAPTIZED? (Rom. 6:3-4).
E. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THESE THINGS ARE CHRISTIANS AND HAVE BEEN
SAVED (Heb. 5:8-9).
CONCLUSION
:A. HAVE I DONE THE THINGS WE HAVE READ FROM THE BIBLE?
B. AM I REALLY A CHRISTIAN?
