God does not have a religion. The Bible does not speak of religion. The bible speaks of a relationship with God.God does not require anyone to follow a religion. So why do most unbelievers refer to God and the bible as Christian?
2006-08-12 18:58:46 · 23 answers · asked by tebone0315 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christ = Messiah. Judahism is also a nationality, not just a religion. God/Jesus are not Christians, never have been, Jesus has always been Jewish. The first followers(the apostles) of Jesus were also Jewish.
2006-08-12 19:14:47 · update #1
You're right it's spirituality and the study of God's Word is what God wants! Not religion nor conducting rituals without reality.
However the word Christian (not Religion) is used to Identify someone with the person/deity of Jesus Christ. Even though when you hear the word "Christian" we get a bad conotation of a fundi-Christian.
2006-08-12 19:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by Marky-Mark! 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christian is what people were called that were following in Christs path. A person that tried very hard to follow the teachings of Jesus, was not called a Jesusian, they were called Christian. Christ has a meaning in the language of the time Jesus lived, which of course I do not know, being a poor roman Catholic, but trying...
Your second point: "God does not require anyone to follow a religion." is correct - religions are made by humans in terms of answering hard questions; and dealing with human aspects of spreading the word, feeding the hungry, care for sick/dying, etc. These aspects take coordinated systems, which over time turned into what humans have today - institutions of human making.
2006-08-12 19:06:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are right in the fact that Yahweh (God) does not require religion. Christianity is the most prevalent belief in U.S.A. So naturally anyone from here would equate religion to Christianity. The fact is religiosity is one of the things that Yahshua (Jesus) was against. Belief and worship of Yahweh is internal, not accomplished by any title or tradition of man. Sometimes our religion is more of a cultural thing, than a relationship. Some people choose to worship in different ways, and that's OK , as long as it's from the heart. I am a Messianic Jew, that is just the closest to how I personally believe. So naturally I am going to seek fellowship with other like minded people. That's how most denominations and religions came to be. I hope this helps a little.
Shalom, Rabbi David Yarok
2006-08-12 19:26:15 · answer #3 · answered by chainofgracemin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does speak of having a relationship with God but aswell as a way of life. The Bible may not speak of religion specifically ..... religion is how you look at it ... for example christian an baptism are just about the same... As long as you have the lord an savior in your heart an live by the lords law then you will live an love a good life an live in the kingdom of heaven for all eternity.......
2006-08-12 19:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by Caspian 6 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Christian" : Followers of The Christ.
As in Jesus the Christ.
Bibles typically include the "New Testament" which is considered "The Gospel of Jesus".
Holy books that do not include the New Testament, either not at all or as it is presented in the Judeo-Christian books, are usually called something else.The Torah is essentially the root of the Old Testament (The Law), and the New Testament claims that Jesus said that He came not to condemn the Law but to fulfill it. The Laws of Moses are common to both, as are most of the books of the Torah.
All through the Old Test. you will see references to animal (blood) sacrifices. To the Christian, the New Testament documents the sacrifice of Jesus as atonement once and for all... making blood sacrifice no longer necessary. It also pretty much states that Jesus IS God. And that is where Christians depart from every other faith. That was decided upon at the Council of Nicea, which produced the Nicene Creed, the foundation of the "modern" Christian church.
Ergo, the "Bible" is a Christian book.
The Qur'an includes the teaching of Jesus, and acknowledges his purpose as one sent by God (via a virgin) and records the martyrdom of Jesus, but does not view Jesus AS A GOD. Mohammed is considered by Islam to be the LAST Great Prophet, and states that Mohammed said that (essentially) "if you know Moses or The Christ, you know me", thereby supporting the teachings of Jesus. But they are not Christian, and their Holy Book is not called the Bible.
Your opening statement is quite profound, and I think deserves your consideration; "God does not have a religion", so it would behoove one to consider that religion is wholly man-made. Don't you think?
I am unclear as to what you mean by "unbelievers"? Unbelievers of what?
2006-08-12 19:19:00 · answer #5 · answered by Grey G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First read the old testament. Then read the new testament. Christ, God's son,= Christians. Followers of Christ. God sent Christ as stated in old testament as a wide path for people to enter into heaven. People who wont recognize Christ as God's son, have a much smaller, harder, path to get to heaven. This is in the old testament.
The people are the religion that follow Christ, and read their Bible. And hopefully people will have a good relationship with God. Yes, the Bible says to pray in your innermost room or something like that. so I dont think you actually have to go to a building to practice religion. Religion is between you and God and Christ. Unbelievers have no idea what they are talking about.
2006-08-12 19:13:20 · answer #6 · answered by *zz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible is the story of Jesus and God's plan to redeem and save the world from their rebellion and sin. Jesus is referred to as the Christ, which is Greek for Messiah.
The word Christian means Christ-follower, therefore, people who acknowledge the Bible as the Word of God and Jesus Christ as God the Son come to the world to redeem us and lead us back to fellowship with Himself.
2006-08-12 19:16:58 · answer #7 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When christianity was invented by a roman emperor in an effort to unify Rome with a single religion (as he had observed the jews do) he had to have a new religion and a name. Jesus was well docmented as a possible choice and upon chosen he used greek intrepertations of the old jewish books and from there arrived at the name christian (for christ as jesus was refered to,) the greeks did not have a name the jewish name jesus used and refered to him as christ and jesus in leiu of michael his real name some theorist beleive.
2006-08-12 19:07:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible's Old Testament leads up to the Christ who died on the cross for sins and those who followed Him. Followers then actually became known as "Christians" meaning little Christs. Henceforth, the followers of Christ today are still called Christians and find all their meaning and purpose in the Bible.
2006-08-12 19:04:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible is the scripture for the Christian faith.
The name 'Christian' comes from Christ the center of the faith.
The name 'Christian" was first applied to believers in Jesus Christ in Antioch.
2006-08-12 19:04:53 · answer #10 · answered by Peter H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋