What is a Christian?

[Runningman]

Is a Christian someone who goes to church, reads the Bible, and listens to Christian music?

Perhaps a Christian is someone who knows a lot about the Bible, has firmly-held beliefs about particular doctrines, theology, and even will even passionately defend such beliefs?

Is a Christian someone involved in a ministry, preaches the words of the Bible and helps those in need of food, clothing, shelter, and medical aid?

Or maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ, someone who reveres Jesus Christ of Nazareth as their Lord, and submits to walking in the ways he showed, believing they lead to eternal life with God?

A tare looks visually similar to wheat and may be impossible to distinguish without closer inspection. Jesus spoke about wheat and tares in Matthew 13, concluding that wheat represents righteous people and tares represent unrighteous people.

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

 

[Gideon300]

Is a Christian someone who goes to church, reads the Bible, and listens to Christian music?

Perhaps a Christian is someone who knows a lot about the Bible, has firmly-held beliefs about particular doctrines, theology, and even will even passionately defend such beliefs?

Is a Christian someone involved in a ministry, preaches the words of the Bible and helps those in need of food, clothing, shelter, and medical aid?

Or maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ, someone who reveres Jesus Christ of Nazareth as their Lord, and submits to walking in the ways he showed, believing they lead to eternal life with God?

A tare looks visually similar to wheat and may be impossible to distinguish without closer inspection. Jesus spoke about wheat and tares in Matthew 13, concluding that wheat represents righteous people and tares represent unrighteous people.

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

A Christian is one who is born again, born of Christ. Look at the word: Christ-ian. An Austral-ian is one who is born in, or a citizen, of Australia. Lord Jesus said it: you must be born of Christ, born again even to see the Kingdom of God.

Eternal life is not something to seek. Either you have it now or you remain dead in trespass and sin. (1 John 5:12)

Too many people get it back to front. It is not what you do or say, or even what you believe that makes you a Christian. It is what God does (1 Corinthians 1:30)

Christian behaviour is the outworking of being born again. It does not make an individual born again.

 

[Pilgrimshope]

Is a Christian someone who goes to church, reads the Bible, and listens to Christian music?

Perhaps a Christian is someone who knows a lot about the Bible, has firmly-held beliefs about particular doctrines, theology, and even will even passionately defend such beliefs?

Is a Christian someone involved in a ministry, preaches the words of the Bible and helps those in need of food, clothing, shelter, and medical aid?

Or maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ, someone who reveres Jesus Christ of Nazareth as their Lord, and submits to walking in the ways he showed, believing they lead to eternal life with God?

A tare looks visually similar to wheat and may be impossible to distinguish without closer inspection. Jesus spoke about wheat and tares in Matthew 13, concluding that wheat represents righteous people and tares represent unrighteous people.

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

“maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ,

amen

“. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭11:26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The apostle Paul would put it like this if we really studied his teachings

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

For ye were ( past ) sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:1-11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Disciples of Jesus Christ are called Christian’s by the world. A disciple is a student who trusts In His teacher and subscribes to his doctrines following after what he’s promised by those teachings

 

[thomas64]

A Christian is someone in whom the Holy Spirit resides.

 

[Blain]

“maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ,

amen

“. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭11:26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The apostle Paul would put it like this if we really studied his teachings

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

For ye were ( past ) sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:1-11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Disciples of Jesus Christ are called Christian’s by the world. A disciple is a student who trusts In His teacher and subscribes to his doctrines following after what he’s promised by those teachings

You got it exactly simply but profoundly put a follower of Christ. This seems like a simple abvious answers but if we look deeper do we see what it actual means? People think it is following Christ to go by faith believe do all that Jesus taught us but all of the things we a;; know we are to do and be, but we follow Jesus so our eyes have to be set on him at all times.

We do the things we are taught but we do so with out target on Jesus himself not anything else just him this leads us to see actual fruit in everything we do not simply because we believed or followed his teaching but the fact we had him as our steadfast focus goal and anchor. This also leads us to seek to know Jesus his personality his kingship his mercy yet even so as close as we have come to him as much as we have come to know the Jesus Christ who is God there is a depth of him that far exceeds everything we know about him.

For me the name Jesus us a mystery it alone holds many secrets it isn't just a name it is the only name in scripture praised to have power to even make demons tremble in fear. God has been called many names the holy spirit is called many things but even though God the father and the holy spirit are God it is only the name Jesus that is used to show who God is the only name that is able to make mountains crumble the power of God is one thing being God is one thing but a name is just a name a thing used to call someone but this name and only this name has all of God's glory and power but why the name why is it if we ask in his name things suddenly happen we can place Jesus in our prayers right? We can boast of him give him glory ect. But it is only when we place his name into the equation that it activates the prayer

 

[ResidentAlien]

Is a Christian someone who goes to church, reads the Bible, and listens to Christian music? Yes

Perhaps a Christian is someone who knows a lot about the Bible, has firmly-held beliefs about particular doctrines, theology, and even will even passionately defend such beliefs? Yes

Is a Christian someone involved in a ministry, preaches the words of the Bible and helps those in need of food, clothing, shelter, and medical aid? Yes

Or maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ, someone who reveres Jesus Christ of Nazareth as their Lord, and submits to walking in the ways he showed, believing they lead to eternal life with God? Yes

 

[Evmur]

Is a Christian someone who goes to church, reads the Bible, and listens to Christian music?

Perhaps a Christian is someone who knows a lot about the Bible, has firmly-held beliefs about particular doctrines, theology, and even will even passionately defend such beliefs?

Is a Christian someone involved in a ministry, preaches the words of the Bible and helps those in need of food, clothing, shelter, and medical aid?

Or maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ, someone who reveres Jesus Christ of Nazareth as their Lord, and submits to walking in the ways he showed, believing they lead to eternal life with God?

A tare looks visually similar to wheat and may be impossible to distinguish without closer inspection. Jesus spoke about wheat and tares in Matthew 13, concluding that wheat represents righteous people and tares represent unrighteous people.

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

One in whom Jesus has His dwelling.

 

[Snacks]

Someone who puts their faith in Christ.

 

[Blade]

Is a Christian someone who goes to church, reads the Bible, and listens to Christian music?

Perhaps a Christian is someone who knows a lot about the Bible, has firmly-held beliefs about particular doctrines, theology, and even will even passionately defend such beliefs?

Is a Christian someone involved in a ministry, preaches the words of the Bible and helps those in need of food, clothing, shelter, and medical aid?

Or maybe a Christian is a follower of Christ, someone who reveres Jesus Christ of Nazareth as their Lord, and submits to walking in the ways he showed, believing they lead to eternal life with God?

A tare looks visually similar to wheat and may be impossible to distinguish without closer inspection. Jesus spoke about wheat and tares in Matthew 13, concluding that wheat represents righteous people and tares represent unrighteous people.

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

Well for Gods word "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says" to that I will always listen not when man sorry says it no offense. One could say "these signs shall follow them that believe". Seems if we are looking at the flesh most don't believe?

But to everything you said the answer is yes. Does not love believe all things? I am thinking according to Daniel? haha Samuel God only looks at the heart its us man that will look at the out side and judge yes? This is what were doing correct? There is a truth in what you say yet not.

Side note: The book of Acts is Christianity.