What God Calls His Children

What God Calls His Children

1. He Calls You and I Believers: this Describes Our Convictions.

Acts 5:14

And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to {their number}

1 Tim 4:12

Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but {rather} in speech, conduct, love, faith {and} purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.

2. He Calls You and I Brethren: this Describes Our Company.

Acts 6:3

"But select from among you, brethren, seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.

Rom 12:1

I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, {which is} your spiritual service of worship.

3. He Calls You and I Disciples: this Describes Our Committment.

Acts 9:1

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Matt 27:57

And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

4. He Calls You and I Christians: this Describes Our Conduct.

Acts 11:26

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for an entire year they met with the church, and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

1 Pet 4:16

but if {anyone suffers} as a Christian, let him not feel ashamed, but in that name let him glorify God.

5. He Call You and I Saints: this Describes Our Character.

Acts 9:13

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Thy saints at Jerusalem;

Rom 1:7

to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called {as} saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.