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Wed, 20 Jan 2010

Jan 20, 2010, 20:39 [home/SS2010]
The First “Christians”

Shortly after the seven men were chosen to serve the church, one of them—Stephen—was stoned to death by the Jewish religious leaders. This was the beginning of a dangerous time for the new believers, who feared for their lives. Up to now, the believers were all in Jerusalem; although they were from different countries, they were all Jews.

Many of the believers left Jerusalem to seek safety in other places. As they went, they told others the good news about Jesus, and others came to believe in Jesus.

The place we will study about this Sunday is Antioch, to the north of Israel. At Antioch many who were Gentiles (not Jews) believed in Jesus. A church grew up there, and Barnabas was sent from Jerusalem to help the new believers. Barnabas went to find Saul of Tarsus, who came with him to help teach the new believers in Antioch.

It was here in Antioch that the believers were first called “Christians” — “Christ ones” — because they tried to live like Jesus.

We will learn this Sunday how the church in Antioch took up an offering for the believers in Jerusalem, who were experiencing a famine. You’ll want to join us (with a friend!) for this exciting story of the early church from the book of Acts.

Tom and Sydney Cook
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