I red the Bible but i didn't notice what was the belief of Jesus, was He Christian or Jewish or what? Did Jesus said for his Followers Be Christian ? when we hear about this word Christianaty and who said it?
2006-11-22 22:17:36 · 17 answers · asked by msobhisultan 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is a very good question and the answer is a little confusing. The problem is that people often get confused between Judiasm and Jews. To be Jewish does NOT mean you follow the Jewish religion, instead it is a group of people. Kind of like just because you are Indian does not mean you are hindu, or if you are arabic it does not mean you are muslim (unless it is the law of your country)
Now before the birth of Christ, the Jewish(reffering to the group of people) did follow the same religion, which can be called the "Jewish" religion, because they where Jew and that was their religion. Now, before Christ was born, as you know from reading the scriptures, their where prophesies about his coming. Some believed and some did not believe he was coming. When Jesus Christ was born he taught many new things and gave new revelations. Thus came Christianity, though if it was called that at the time, I am not sure. Those who did not believe he was the Savior and still live by the ways before Christ and do not follow His new teachings broke off and are today reffered to as "Jewish"
Those who followe Christ are Christians. Those who are Jewish by blood are not neccesarily Jewish by religian, You can be jewish by religion even if you are not Jewish by blood. Jesus was born to Jewish parents and He is how Christianity started. Remember, back then Jewish and Christianity were intertwined and not distinctively seperate.
I know it is confusing. But basically, the coming of Christ and the belief in whet He taught is what seperates the 2 religions.
2006-11-22 22:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a Jew. He came to fulfill the rituals and sacrifices practiced by the Jews with his own death and resurrection. Once that had happened, religion was no longer based on those rituals, but on have an heart-changing experience with God that is often called being "born again". Religion was moved from outward ritual to inward rebirth.
Jesus was known by the title "Christ", which means "Messiah" in Hebrew or "Anointed One" in English. The name "Christian" was not applied to Jesus' followers until about 20 years after Jesus' resurrection. (See Acts 11:26) Meaning "Little Christs", it was originally used as a term to mock the followers of Christ. But as his followers really did want to be a bunch of "Little Christ" going around and redeeming the world, they turn it into a title of honor instead.
So you will not find Jesus ever speaking of his followers as "Christians". You will find him teaching that religion has to move from ritual to reality within the heart. It is that "move", that born again experience, that makes one "like Christ", or a Christian.
2006-11-22 22:45:18 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was born to a Jewish family, raised as a Jew, and very well educated in the Torah. The Bibles says he amazed the Priests at the Temple with His insight and knowledge when he was 12 years old.
His message to His people was that God loved them more as a Father loves a child, but their sin was keeping them separated from God.
They knew God required blood sacrifice to pay for sins which had been committed. They had known this since God sacrificed and animal to make a covering for Adam's and Eve's nakedness and shame....(sound familiar?)
Jesus became that sacrifice for the sins of the Jews, but they rejected Him. He was not the kind of saviour they were looking for. So....Gentiles got a shot at this great plan for humanity's salvation. We are who Christ was speaking of when he said that others would be grafted into the vine and be as adopted children.
Some Jews and Gentiles believed that Jesus was the Messiah. So they believed Him, and were at that point called The Way. Much later the tag "Christian" (little Christ) was pinned to them in a not-so-complimentary way.
Later, that became the standard name for us.
2006-11-22 22:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a nice Jewish boy. Christianity did not exist for him to be Christian.
2006-11-22 22:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by The professor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was definitely Jewish, by birth and by religion.
At one stage he is supposed to have said that he would not want to change "one iota" (= the smallest greek letter, hardly more than a dot) of the Law, meaning the Jewish law.
"Christ" is of greek origin, meaning "the annointed one", and is a later epiteth given by his Greek speaking followers.
2006-11-22 22:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a observant Jew. It was Paul that started Christianity
2006-11-22 22:20:16 · answer #6 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christian means "Christ like" Jesus had no need to be "Christ like" because He was Christ. Jesus was a Jew. The church Christians just came from "Christ like" because we are to be LIKE Christ.
2006-11-22 22:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by newcovenant0 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was Jewish and that includes all of his followers. They worhip 1 God and that is Allaha.
2006-11-22 22:27:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said to His disciples,"Follow me!" "I am the way, the truth and the life", "No man comes to the Father except through Me" and many such things.
His disciples were first called Christians (meaning those with Christ in them) in Antioch about 10 years after His death and resurrection.
2006-11-22 22:24:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The True Founder of Christianity
The teachings of Paul, the true founder of Christianity, cannot be found anywhere in the teachings of Jesus or in those of prophets before him.
http://www.thetruecall.com/home/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122&mode=&order=0&thold=0
http://www.hyahya.org/
http://www.whyislam.org/877/Just_a_Minute/God_Book_No_Errors.asp
2006-11-22 22:25:34 · answer #10 · answered by A2Z 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋