Why did God allow his people to call themselves "Christ"ians, when they tend to make Christ look so bad?

Question

I am asking even though I am one of them. And I don't claim to be better than anyone else. I am sure that I tend to make him look bad also. It is sad.

Wow! That is too bad. I don't think anyone actually got the point of the question. In fact, many of you "Christians" actually went ahead and proved my point. Many of you answered in super religious, holier-than-thouhg, condescending, judgemental ways. This is exactly my point. This is not the way that Jesus is.

So all of you out there who have a problem with Christianity, I want you to notice where the problem lies. It is not with Jesus, but with his followers. That is what is too bad.

Answer 1

God realizes that we ALL fall short. None of us are perfect. This is why he gave us Jesus, so our imperfections can be forgiven, if we are truly repentant.

Answer 2

God's people are those who follow in the steps of his Son, closely. Do those you have asked about do that? ... Consider:

Unbiblical Doctrines + Ungodly Actions = Not Christian http://www.watchtower.org/library/pr/article_04.htm

So ... What Is God's Purpose?
- God Does Have A Very Good Purpose! http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1999/2/8/article_02.htm

God is allowing mankind to attempt every way, shape, & form of self-rule.

God's Permission of Suffering Nears Its End
- The Gift of Free Will
- Whose Law?
- What Went Wrong?
> The Main Issue--Sovereignty
- God's Sovereignty Asserted
- A Marvelous New World
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2001/5/15/article_02.htm

Mankind is proving --beyond any shadow of any doubt-- that true success depends on living within God's loving, divine requirements. Voluntarily.
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Answer 3

The name "Christian" (Greek Χριστιανός Strong's G5546), meaning "belonging to Christ" or "partisan of Christ",[9] was first applied to the disciples in Antioch, as recorded in Acts 11:26.[10] The earliest recorded use of the term "Christianity" (Greek Χριστιανισμός) is by Ignatius of Antioch.[11]

God had nothing to do with the term 'Christian'. Why should you tend to make him look bad? If you believe in him it's all that matters.

Answer 4

God allows it just like he allows all of the other hypocrisies to go on around the world. Pretty crazy, eh? Here's a good question: If you are supposed to be a chirstian, meaning "christ like," are you really being like Christ? Could you take up your cross and die on it, knowing you would rise again 3 days later? Could you really?

Answer 5

Josh: God's creation, namely, the human race was created for people to have a relationship with their Creator. Since the vast majority don't nor never will in this life, God looks bad to those who do not cultivate a relationship with Him. These people criticize God, which in turn, makes God out to look bad.

Answer 6

It appears that God wants to have nothing to do with religion. He has never appeared at any religious service regardless of the denomination. I'm sure that He is disgusted with how the religions have turned God into a cash-cow. Have you ever caught the angelical ones on late-night cable with their Miracle Water or Miracle Cloth. They send it to you for free but petition you for money for years to come and sell your name to a religious charity list.

Answer 7

We all fall short of the glory of God but are to strive for the perfection that lies in all of us. As long as we try and and do not feel that we can commit sin after sin and recieve forgiveness for it we can all try to achieve the perfectness he wants us to have we have His grace to fall back on. That is why he is God and we are Human

Answer 8

That is because we have not understood him. We should not love any body ( Christ/ God included ), unless we have known him.

And the subject being beyond the grasp of our intellectual senses, we will need the help of a true saint for that.

Answer 9

Because God is in the habit of taking the lowest of the low, exaulting them, and making them holy, pure, and spotless, by washing them with the blood of his son, Jesus Christ.

That's the whole point!

Answer 10

...God has a "permissive" will and a Sovern "will"... you make the choice as to which "one" you will submit yourself to and reap what you sow... The word "Christ" is not Jessi's last name... The word Christ is a "title"... it means the Chosen One.... and by the way.... no one makes God look bad... we bring it all upon ourselves...