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Conversions in Acts

TEXT: Acts 11:26

INTRODUCTION:

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?

 

Believe

Repent

Confess

Baptism

Saved

Pentecost 2:2-41

 

Vs. 37, 38

 

Vs. 38-41

Vs. 38, 47

Samaria 8:5-13

Vs. 12

   

Vs. 12-13

 

Eunuch 8:35-39

Vs. 36-37

 

Vs 37

Vs. 38

Vs. 39

Saul 9:1-19

     

Vs. 18

22:16

Cornelius 10:34-46

Vs. 43

   

Vs. 48

Vs. 43

Jailor 16:25-34

Vs. 31

   

Vs. 33

 

Lydia 16:11-15

Vs. 14

   

Vs. 15

 

Corinth 18:8

Vs. 8

   

Vs. 8

 

John’s Disciples 19:1-7

Vs. 2

   

Vs. 5

 

III. HAVE I DONE WHAT THEY DID? HAVE I

A. 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?