Seriously," Faith requires committment and action. Faith without works is dead." One can only be a true Christian if they are striving to live their lives for Christ. Not if they just know who he is and accept that as fact. "Do you know He is the Christ? So to the demons in hell do and tremble. But that avails them not."
2006-08-16 01:28:09 · 11 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For that matter one can use it as an adjective as well. But that was not what I was looking for.
2006-08-16 01:33:32 · update #1
Could it not be a state of being. One of the "Be " verbs sort of? To be Christian is to live a Christlike life.
2006-08-16 01:35:53 · update #2
There you have me I do not have the foggiest idea how to conjugate it. Hmmmm
2006-08-16 01:44:28 · update #3
Relax I was not being serious. I know what the parts of speech are. I was actually attempting to stress that Saying you are a Christian is not the same as Being a Christian. Thanks for caring.
Peace,
Debra
2006-08-16 02:27:19 · update #4
You show a good point.
In the idea what a true Christian is someone who takes action, i sappose, in a way it should be a Verb.
But then again, i flunked english, so what do i know.....
Edit:Assuming that is a picture of yourself.
You're a beautiful women but i prefered the previous picture.^_^
2006-08-16 02:32:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
While I am not Christian, I often wonder at the emphasis "on faith alone" in protestant Christianity, since so much of the New Testament focuses on actions in conjunction with faith. When the rich young man in Matthew 19 asks Jesus what he needs to do to have eternal life, Jesus doesn't say to simply believe. He says to obey the commandments and to give away all his possessions, and then to follow him.
On a more silly note...I'm curious as to the conjugated form of the verb "christian"....would it be "she christians" or "she christiates?"
2006-08-16 08:43:30 · answer #2 · answered by phaedra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pardon me, but I think you misunderstand the terms you're using. "Christian" as a noun refers one who practises Christianity, or the teachings of Christ. "Christian" is also an adjective, a modifier, used to describe something: "an act of Christian charity"; the cross is a Christian icon"; "he was given a Christian burial", etc. "Christian" has no verb form - that would be (in the infinitive) "to Christian". "I would like to Christian that problem"; "did you Christian this morning?" are nonsense sentences. The verb you are looking for is described with Christian as an adjective - "to LIVE a Christian life"; "to ACT in a Christian manner"; "to DO Christ's work" (actual verbs capitalized).
And I genuinely don't wish to be rude, but if you are homeschooling, do ensure that your boys have a good grammar textbook to draw on for their information, and make what use of it you can yourself.
2006-08-16 09:16:09 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the word Christian should be a verb, but I do believe that we all should be living for Christ and that we should be practicing what we preach. We should be worshipping and praising Him in everything that we do and we should be a witness everywhere we go. A small light can make a big difference in a dark place. We should all be small lights making big differences.
2006-08-16 08:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by a6stringjedi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To identify the religion, Christian would be a noun.
To do the work of a Christian would be an act of Christianity.
In this example it would only be a noun.
2006-08-16 08:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by Brenmore 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chritian comes from christianity which is a religion which is and Ideal which would make it a noun. It is not an action. Confession is a verb.
2006-08-16 08:34:05 · answer #6 · answered by Ria L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, 'Smurf' can be a verb too...
I'm trying to Christian your question, but I'm afraid I can't...
2006-08-16 08:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here, Here! I agree if you name the name of christ depart from iniquity and be like him!
2006-08-16 08:39:12 · answer #8 · answered by holyghost130 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Huh? I'd change it to an adjective......how do you Christian any way?
2006-08-16 08:33:46 · answer #9 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can be both. Depending on how you use it in a sentence.
2006-08-16 08:32:44 · answer #10 · answered by sheeny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋