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Bible Questions Answered:
“What were the names given to early believers?...”
Helen/ Portland, Oregon
Bible Answer:
The beliefs of the early Christians was called ....
The Way:
Acts 9:1,2 KJV
1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of The Lord, went unto the high priest,
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this Way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Acts 18:24,25 KJV
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25 This man was instructed in the way of The Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of The Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Acts 19:8,9.22,23 KJV
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
Acts 22:3,4 KJV
3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Acts 24:21,22 KJV
21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
Believers First Called Christians:
Acts 11:25,26 KJV
25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Early believers were also called "Witnesses."
Acts 1:8, 22 KJV
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection.
Acts 2:32 KJV
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 3:15 KJV
And killed The Prince Of Life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 5:32 KJV
And we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also The Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey Him.
Acts 10:39 KJV
And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Jesus told Thomas, “... I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto The Father, but by Me.” John 14:6 KJV
That means, Jesus is the only means of salvation.
John 3:16-18 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.
Matthew 28:19,20 KJV
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15,16 KJV
15 And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Does The Lord want you to be a witness?
Matthew 9:37,38 KJV
37 Then saith He unto His disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore The Lord Of The Harvest, that He will send forth labourers into His harvest.
Matthew 12:30 KJV
He that is not with Me is against Me; and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad.
Luke 19:10 KJV
For The Son Of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 2:8,9 KJV
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall The Son Of Man also confess before the angels of God:
9 But he that denieth Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
When we witness of The Word, Jesus tells us....
John 5:24 KJV
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 1:12 KJV
But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:
Romans 10:14 KJV
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
I Peter 3:15 KJV
But sanctify The Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Matthew 5:16 KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
I Corinthians 9:16 NLT
"... preaching The Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach The Good News!
Prayer:
John 15:8 KJV
Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.
