If Christians truly Follow Jesus...?

Question

Then why was he and His mother Jewish?

That means that Christianity man-made, does it not?

Answer 1

The earliest Christians were actually Jewish, too. For at least the first 80 years of Christianity's existence, it was not considered a separate religion from Judaism.

The Church was established by Christ Himself in Matthew 16. Christ was God. So, Christianity was not man-made. It was God-made.
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Answer 2

You have to understand that the christian faith did not come about until the Christ came. Naturally christians could not be christians until the object of their christianity came.
If the true faith was those who followed the "great chicken" and that we must honor that by wearing chicken suits...then all would wear chicken suits that honored the great chicken. And if I said, "when the great chicken comes, all will be different and from that time forward...to symbolize our union with the great chicken in our bodies and spirits...we must all eat at KFC", naturally before the great chicken came you would see feathered people everywhere, and after if you wore a chicken suit....the great chicken followers would approach a feathered person and say..."Didn't ya hear? Ya we don't wear feathers anymore because the great chicken came....here have some chicken". A over simplified answer and very silly I know but you get the general idea. That is what happened with christianity. Before Christ came...people placed their faith in the promise of His coming...but when He came, He instructed us the right way to relate to God in light of the cross. The cross did something. Christs death did something. Naturally christian beliefs reflect that.

Answer 3

Because everybody was Jewish then. At least in the area where Jesus grew up. Christianity wasn't started as a religion until many years after Christ's death. All religions are man made. It's all people trying to conceptualize that which they have never seen or experienced before. It's all about figuring out what makes the most sense to you personally.

Answer 4

Jewish believe that Christ has not yet come...that the New Testament still hasn't happened yet. So no, Christianity isn't man-made. Christians believe the New Testament HAS happened, so we follow Christ and His beliefs - where as the Jewish follow the Old Testament.

Answer 5

Jesus and his family were Jewish, as were many of his early followers. Others were Roman, or other types of pagans.

At some point, Romans began to call the followers of Christ "Christians" in order to differentiate them from other monotheistic groups of the area. Rather than denying this name for their group and trying to keep themselves safe from the Romans, the early church adopted it and allowed many of their number to be martyred in those early days.

Many Christians still consider Jews to be "God's chosen people," as a common interpretation of the Old Testament has it.

Answer 6

Because the Jewish were God's chosen in the old testament, but when Jesus came, everyone ( not only the Jewish) has now a chance to eternal life.

Answer 7

Is Mary the mother of God? Yes, for St. Elizabeth herself calls her "the mother of my Lord" in Scripture (Luke 1:43). Jesus Christ is God (Hebrews 1:8) and Mary is His mother, therefore, Mary is the mother of God (the Son) for Christ was both God and human in the womb of Mary. Did Mary remain a virgin her whole life? Yes, for the "gate" in which the Lord passed is closed to all others (Ezekiel 44:2). The brothers of the Lord spoken of in the Gospels are most likely St. Joseph's children from a previous marriage or Jesus's cousins as there is no word for "cousin" in the Aramaic language. In addition, Jesus is mentioned as "the" son of Mary, not "a" son of Mary in Scripture (Mark 6:3).Was St. Peter the first "pope" as the Catholic Church claims? Yes, for Jesus Christ said it was upon St. Peter that He would build His Church and Christ gave him authority over His whole "flock" (Matthew 16:18-19; John 21:14-17). For those who follow Jesus Christ are known as Christians ...

Answer 8

It's kind of hard for there to be Christianity before Jesus was born. So yes...Jesus was Jewish.

Answer 9

All Christians accept that Jesus was Jewish.

Answer 10

All religion is man-made. I just wish the religions were more tolerant of one another (let alone eachother!). People's beliefs vary throughout, and everyone believes he or she is right. I stay away from organized religion and stick with spirituality. I find it all around me (though sometimes it's quite difficult) - in acts of kindness and compassion, in love, in the trees and stars and 'coincidences' that lead us all to find one another. Religiosity is a matter of opinion; no one group is right or wrong in their belief because that belief is predicated on faith. I personally keep my faith in humanity (it helps) and attempt to find the best in everyone. I have found it is almost always there if one looks hard enough. Some people are horrible, yes, but were most often treated horribly growing up.

It's who you are in your heart that is truly important. I believe this world is advanced beyond the realms of science and thus I do believe that something more happens when we die, but I have no idea what that is. No one does. Otherwise, I tend to stay with factual information and do my best not to be labelled into any specific group.