Jesus's last name was not Christ it is a title one many people have held.
2007-06-28 04:46:31 · 17 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Should be Paulists anyway. Charlatan.
2007-06-28 04:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I think a better name is the first one: we were called followers of The Way before we were called Christians. See Acts 9:2.
Or perhaps Yeshuaians would be interesting ...
2007-06-28 11:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is His name, and Christ identifies who He is. Christ means Messiah. The name "Christian", does mean, followers of Jesus, but unfortunately not all who call themselves Christians, follow Jesus.
2007-06-28 11:54:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"J'shua ben Josephites"
How's that? Better?
"Christian" simply means "Messiah-followers,"
acknowledging Jesus as the Christ.
2007-06-28 11:55:40 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't realise the was another guy called Christ! There are lots of Jesus's though!
2007-06-28 11:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by Velouria 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christian, (Christ-like one), is a term that is God-originated. It is because God sees Christ when He sees us. It was His deliberate decision. He chose to do this for Christ's sake, and because of what His Son did. It is not an indication of how righteous we are. God DECLARES us righteous, once again, for Christ's sake. The term "Christian" is appropriate from God's perspective. His perspective is the only one that matters.
2007-06-28 11:59:23 · answer #6 · answered by singwritelaugh 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christ is Greek for "Messiah." In their language, they were Messianiac Jews, which became "Christian Jews" when translated. They in turn dropped the Jewish reference, as they came to believe that they Jews had ignored their savior, and most of the people they converted were pagans and other gentiles.
2007-06-28 11:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus's followers sounds more like a myspace group than a religion
2007-06-28 11:51:37 · answer #8 · answered by brandy0084 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its one of Jesus names/titles so its just like saying Jesus.
and christians is much easier to say
2007-06-28 11:50:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take it up with the Pagans of the time. They are the ones that started using the term. We just coopted it. 'Little Christs' seemed to be quite appropriate, as that IS our goal.
2007-06-28 11:52:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yah I think you have a point.Many people say that they are Christians but they don`t do all the things that Jesus wants them to do.
2007-06-28 11:50:17 · answer #11 · answered by sweetpie65 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋