So I was looking at Acts and how awesome it was, and I saw Acts 11:26:
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
At first I didn't think anything of the verse, thinking that it didn't have any deep meaning. But I thought about the last sentence, and it really caught me. It says the disciples were called Christians. That they were named Christians. Not that they gave themselves the title. They didn't say, "Yeah, Christians sounds like a good name." People labeled them that. I think that's so awesome that others gave them the name Christians. People knew that they were Christ followers just by their actions, and through the ways they treated others. And that made me think about us today. Can people do the same thing? Can someone look at us, and by our actions, know we are Christians? And that really convicted me. It made me think about all the times were I haven't shown Christ in the way I act. And I hated that I could think of so many situations where I failed there. And so, just thinking about that, I want to keep that in mind all the time, so that people will see Christ through my actions. And I encourage all of you, to try to keep that in mind.
I hope that y'all got something from this, and I love reading what all of you have to say. Keep it up guys!
Stud. Thats all I have to say. You are a baller. Keep Livin it.
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