New Converts    Acts 11:26, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

This post stresses facts for new converts.

New Converts discusses basic knowledge needed by baptized believers. On being baptized into Christianity, one launches a new life as a member of the church. Baptized believers and fellow members use the name Christian, Acts 11:26. “And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.” This name means you believe and follow the teachings of Jesus as given in the New Testament.

In addition, a baptized believer calls other Christians brothers and sisters. The apostles used that term in selecting men for a needed work, Acts 6:3. “Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute,” Then, these brethren began caring for Grecians widows in the church.

For a convert, a new relationship now exists, 1 Corinthians 12:27. “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” Thus, the church, the body of Christ, the saved people, exists under a Head and a Savior, Ephesians 5:23. “Christ…the head of the church, his body, and… himself its Savior.”

In this new relationship new converts partake of the Lord’s Supper on Sundays at worship services with other saints, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This… my body which… for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup… the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”

Lastly, the Apostle Peter described our strivings in the Christian life, 1 Peter 1:15. “…as he who called you …holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,”

So, what did we learn?

1.New converts wear the name Christian, strive for holiness, and belong to the church, the body of Christ.

2.Members of the church wear the name brother or sister.

3.On Sundays, baptized believers partake of the Lord’s Supper while remembering His death.

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