My Christian friends, please let me know, from where the religion name “Christian†came? Is there anything written about the religion name “Christian†in Bible, did God or Jesus Christ say about the name? If not, how the name “Christian†came? Thanx
Thanx, I know the definition. Christian means Christ’s teaching. Believing or following the religion of Christ. Adherent of Christianity. I want to know, what was the religion of Jesus Christ? Or did he/God say, who will follow Christ is a Christian?
If you assume it's got something to do with Jesus 'christ-ian', doesn’t it mean that the religion name “Christian†is given by human? Is there anybody to let me know?
The word "Christian", according to Acts 11:26, was first used in a place called Antioch. It may or may not have been meant as a compliment by those who first used it (the people of Antioch). . .but it never really caught on in Scripture as its only use 3 times in the entire New Testament (in the above, Acts 26:28, and 1Peter 4:16). Interesting enough, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, never used the word, "Christian(s)"; nor is HE the founder of "Christianity". In fact, in HIS "Great Commission" to HIS followers (11 disciples, over 500 brethren, and you and I), just before HE Ascended back into Heaven, we're told by HIM ". . .make Disciples..." (as opposed to making "Christians"). . .and its used over 250 times in The New Testament.
Thanx for your explanation. From your words, I come to know that the religion name “Christian†is given by human being. Jesus Christ must had followed a religion, it’s impossible that he had no religion. Please let me know about his religion. In Quran, I found details about Jesus Christ, a miraculously born messenger of God, son of Mother Marium. Several places written about him that he is a Muslim. I want to know, what Bible says about his religion?
You are so very welcome Suman. You are correct, the Religion of Christianity is man-made, as is Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, etc. However, JESUS CHRIST practiced Absolutely NO man-made religion whatsoever. . .not even Judaism. What JESUS CHRIST did was to come and fulfilled all "the Law of Moses", aka, The Commandments given by GOD to Moses at/on Sinai. Big difference between that and man-made Religion. The Scriptures are all about RELATIONSHIP. . .NOT Religion. Remember I stated in my last post that Religions are all about "Do (and/or Doing)", in an effort to impress THE MOST HOLY and PERFECT GOD; and all of any of those efforts are efforts in futility of the grossest kind. In other words, on our best day, we can't be good enough to impress GOD. Why? Because Scripture teaches that GOD IS PERFECT ETERNALLY, and in order for any one of us to Impress GOD we have to be as GOOD and PERFECT as HE IS. And unless we're as GOOD and PERFECT as HE IS, every iota of every second of our existence, then anything less than that "falls/comes short of THE GLORY of GOD". But THANK GOD for JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS our GOODNESS, our PERFECTION, our RIGHTEOUSNESS, our ALL IN ALL, before THE MOST HOLY and PERFECT GOD. . .because JESUS CHRIST, and ONLY JESUS CHRIST did what NO other person, past, present, and future, could possibly do: HE Fully, Totally, and Once for All Times Satisfied all the Demands that GOD had on us. JESUS CHRIST lived the Perfect Human Life. . .and then willingly and freely died in our place, thereby paying the penalty of our sins (which was/is Death), and provided/provides/gives us our much need access/Relationship with THE FATHER in Heaven. . .no Religion, period, can do that. JESUS CHRIST was born of a Virgin, who was Impregnated by THE HOLY GHOST/SPIRIT [THE POWER of GOD] with THE WORD of GOD. Ergo, HE was/is 100% GOD and 100% Man. Finally, "the Quran" often references and/or refer to "The Bible". . .but "The Bible" never ever references and/or refer to "the Quran". And no, JESUS CHRIST was not a Muslim.
How can Jesus be a Muslim when the religion Islam has not even been created until 600 years after Jesus. The 3 Abrahamic religions are: Judaism, Christianity, Islam.
Nice to get some valuable information from you "Nehemiah", thanks. If you don’t mind, I want to be little disagree with you. Actually I didn’t say that religions are human maid. I said the religion name “Christian†is given by human that’s not included in Bible and Jesus/God didn’t name the religion. Hinduism is the same. Nowhere in Gita is written that their religion name is "Hindu". What we found in Qur’an is, a clear-cut view of a religion from God, Islam. And who follows the religion Islam is a Muslim. God also cleared his name, “Allahâ€. If God or Muhammed forgot to name the religion and its followers, may be today Muslims would me Mohammedian! So we can agree that Islam can demand as an unique religion from God. May I ask you a question, do you feel comfortable if you think that the religion you follow is named by human being, not by Jesus or God? I totally agree with you, Jesus came to fulfill all “the law of Mosesâ€. Moses(pbuh) was a powerful messenger of Allah as Jesus Christ(pbuh) was. We found brief history about both of them in Qur’an also. What we realize from here? What Moses religion was, was the religion of Jesus as well. According to Quran, Moses was a Muslim. And what Jesus Christ said in Bible? He(the spirit of truth) shall glorify me(Jesus):for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.(John 16:13). Yes, Jesus Christ predicted Muhammed. So, Muhammed(pbuh) came to fulfill all the law of Jesus Christ(pbuh). Scripture is the most important part of a religion. It’s the guideline for human being. To impress God we don’t have to be as perfect as God. It’s not possible. God never wants more from us. If you study Qur’an, you’ll know that. I know something different about Jesus and I believe this. Let us look at what the Holy Quran says about this issue: Jesus Christ never died or crucified nor he ever died for anyone's sins. The Jews did not kill Jesus, but Allah raised him up alive to Himself. Jesus Christ was borne of a virgin, who was impregnated by the power of God. But, that doesn’t mean Jesus Christ was a God. All we born by the power of God, but we’re not 0.01% God. If God becomes a father, then where’s his uniqueness? God is not human. Human is his creation. How can a person becomes God-Man! You said Jesus died. How God can die? Jesus required eat to live. We know God doesn't require to eat and sleep. I don’t think that God needs to born and die to realize the feelings of human. The most important thing is, in Bible Jesus Christ never said, “I am God†or “worship me†as Allah said in Qur’an clearly several times, so everybody can understand easily. Finally, the Qur’an never refers to Bible. Is gives the reference of Holy Injeel, the religious scripture from Almighty Allah revealed to the powerful messenger of Allah Jesus Christ (pbuh), and only for the people of Israel. The history proves that Qur’an and Injeel were written from a common source. Injeel was not the last and final revolution and not for the whole of humanity. Today Injeel is no more the words of God. It’s mixed with human words and becomes Bible in time. There may some words of Jesus, some words of Allah, and some words of human. The last and final revolution is The Holy Qur’an revealed to Mohammed(pbuh) for the whole of humanity. Only the Qur’an that remains unchanged, in its original revealed form. Thanx.
It seem that the Abrahamic religions contradict each other, but what if I tell you that the Qua ran is wrong and that Muhammad was not the last prophet to come to earth, I feel that I might be the guy to replace mohamad? I too am not to sure of that, but I feel so deeply that I might be the "ONE". But I am so lazy and never was good at documenting things, let alone what god is telling me to tell you people. I might go modern in this by using today's technologies using digital recorders or even yet a video recorder, but god hates video recorders because he thinks it captures spirits, so he forbids that type of technology. I'm really a dumbass and I don't know why god has chosen me to be the "One", but you know how god hates people who question him so I don't. While I am the chosen ONE, there will be a few changes in the new commandments and some of those changes are: 1.No more living like as if you are in the dark ages, means no more towel over your heads or some stupid caps. 2.All of the documented things written for god will now be written using the Amazon Kindle (no exceptions) 3. It will be forbidden to have more than one wives, but you can have as many girlfriends you can handle(MySpace girlfriends does not count) As you can see, I am very lazy and could only come up with 3 commandments at this time, but I take suggestions, unlike those other 3 prophets before me.
Maybe I wasn't clear in my previous posts, but let me be clear here: I DO NOT follow ANY Religion. Not Judaism; Not Christianity; and certainly not Islam. How could Moses have been "a Muslim" when Islam wasn't even a glimmer in Muhammed's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaddy's eye? And the Scripture that you've quoted is JESUS speaking about the Coming of THE HOLY SPIRIT. . .not Muhammed. And note the words/phrase "shall show it unto you"; now how many years passed between the time that JESUS CHRIST stated that, and the actually birth of Muhammed??? Answer, at the very least, 500 years. So in order for JESUS to be telling the Truth, his listener would have had to live for at least another 500 years. . .or, JESUS wasn't talking about Muhammed at all. Now which do you suppose is the case??? And please name me, first, one "law of Jesus Christ"; and second, please name me just one "law of Jesus Christ" that Muhammed fulfilled??? Since you stated that "To impress God we don’t have to be as perfect as God. It’s not possible. God never wants more from us.", maybe you can explain the following Scripture from THE WORD of GOD ("The Bible"): "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your FATHER which is in heaven IS PERFECT. (Matthew 5:48)"??? Now let me get this straight; You believe a document written 500+ years after the fact, before you believe the documents written, not, 75 years after the fact? Are you telling me that you'd believe heresay after the fact, rather than the eyewitness reports that were documented during the fact??? And we do agree that the Jews DID NOT kill JESUS, but. . .no one else killed/murdered JESUS either. And GOD RESURRECTED JESUS CHRIST to show HIS Approval and/or Acceptance of the Sacrifice that THE SINLESS JESUS CHRIST had FREELY made on our behalf. JESUS CHRIST WAS/IS GOD, because of WHO HIS FATHER WAS/IS; JESUS CHRIST WAS/IS Man, because of who HIS Mother was. THE HOLY GHOST/SPIRIT [THE POWER] of GOD Impregnated Mary with THE WORD of GOD [SEED]. Now if that's a bit much to understand, answer this question: What Part of GOD is Not GOD??? JESUS CHRIST had to be Man, because Man was the one messed up; JESUS CHRIST had to be GOD, because ONLY GOD can Satisfy GOD. JESUS CHRIST The Man die; JESUS CHRIST, GOD, became Man for the just stated purpose. You stated that, "Jesus Christ never said, 'I am God'". Question what does the sentence/phrase "Before Abraham was, I AM." mean? What about this one, "I and MY FATHER are ONE."??? On the one hand you state the above; but then, in the same post, you earlier stated the following: "Let us look at what the Holy Quran says about this issue: Jesus Christ never died or crucified nor he ever died for anyone's sins. The Jews did not kill Jesus, but Allah raised him up alive to Himself". Now which is it? Does it or doesn't it??? You're welcome. . .and very nice try!
A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. Who the hell cares what you or others call themselves or what you think some book calls you? Do you really think anyone cares what you call your religion or your god? People judge you and your religion on how humane you are toward other people. This type of crap, and trying to make your religion sound better than others, based on this lame non-point is absurd and I think makes you look rather foolish.
start preaching. if people start to believe in you and start to follow you and willing to die for you, please pm me. if not, than you not the one.
when we say Moses and Isa(Jesus) was a Muslim..we mean they were the prophets by Allah.. They believed to Allah too.. Isa was a great prophet(pbuh) the one who was killed was not Isa(Jesus).
Thanx for all of your actions and reactions. I wonder, tons of logics you can present to prove something you imagine. I can explain and easily prove all that logics wrong , but hey...please stop right there now! Sooooo many things you’ve said but without answering the main question “What is the Origin of the religion name Christian?†I think some of you have gone little deep inside of something which has no basic. Ok, let’s back to the starting point. I came to know about “Christianity†from other comments are: .................................................................................... Originally Posted by Nehemiah You are correct, the Religion of Christianity is man-made. .................................................................................... That is, the religion Christianity is made by human. Didn't come from God. .......................................................................................................... Originally Posted by Bradders I assume it's got something to do with jesus 'christ-ian' ? same as christ-mas .......................................................................................................... That means, the name of the religion “Christian/Christianity†is given by human being. Not written in Bible. Now, let’s point to another imaginary and man-made model in Christianity:- Have a Google image search for “Jesus Christâ€. There you are. You’ve got lots of images of a saint like handsome young white man. Who is he and who saw/photographed/painted this person thousands and thousands of years ago? Isn't it an imaginary illustration? I know you also have tons of logics to worship this imaginary handsome white man thinking as Jesus Christ!!! Sorry, I’m not impressed with that drawing of a good looking guy to accept as Jesus Christ. It’s completely illogical I think. I’m curious to imagine a company to join. I know you love imaginary and man-made things. Suppose you want to join a company. At first what you’ll do? You’ll want to know the name of the company. Suppose you come to know that the company has no name, or the owner of that company forgot to name his business. You’re not foolish enough to join there! Why? Knowing the basic of the company you’ll realize that’s not a good one. After that, suppose you fail to realize and start asking people what’s the name of it? Let’s someone says, here’s the drawing of the handsome owner and the company name is “Toto Company†and very good. So you joined based on his words and so eager to work for the handsome owner. You may expect, but I never expect that you’ll get salary at the end of the month. Believe me; something is happening exactly like this !!!
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