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NASB | Acts 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. For an entire year they met [with others] in the church and instructed large numbers; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. [Acts 26:28; 1 Pet 4:16] |
Bible Question: The key word is they were (called) christrians,they never became christian,the people of antioch gave them this name not God are Jesus. Jesus never spoke the word christian, He never taught a single person to become a christian,are we truely following jesus by doing something that he never taught.Jesus said if you obey my teachings you truely my disciple and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.Should we follow jesus teachings are something that man made up. |
Bible Answer: tduplechain: --- Are you proposing that a regenerate believer in Christ should not be called a Christian? Look up the definition of Christian in a dictionary and tell us how a disciple of Christ is not Christian. Do you believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? If you do, you're a trinitarian, but you want find that word in the Bible. Do you believe that Jesus died on the cross for man's sin? Then you believe in the substitutionary death of Christ, but you won't find the term "substitutionary death" mentioned in the Bible either. ..... It seems you're placing considerable, and exclusive, emphasis on the word "disciple." After all, Karl Marx and Adolph Hitler had their disciples, so to call oneself merely a disciple doesn't say much. A disciple of what or whom? Frankly, the suggestion is an odd and groundless one that disciples of Christ should avoid calling themselves Christians. Surely you can come up with another question or comment that has more substance than this one. It's rather nit-picky, don't you think? Your argument falls into the category of quotidian posts to which this Forum falls prey, posts that are too inane and pointless to merit extended space. --Hank |