Is it someone who worships Christ or someone who lives by the bible or someone who emulates Christ?
I don't think you can do all three because they seem mutually exclusive.
2007-11-08 01:24:18 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
EDIT: just a note - it's not me that's doing all the thumbs down
2007-11-08 01:32:01 · update #1
Christianity is not about Church Attendance,Church Work, Baptism, or Grew up in a Christian home.
The Word of God says if you have the Son you have life (I John 5:11-12) and you can know that you know Him if you keep His commandments (I John 2:2-3) Your life, your consistent practice of His Word is the proof.
And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
2007-11-08 01:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How are they mutually exclusive? I am a follower of Christ, meaning I follow and believe in His teachings. I TRY to live by the Bible, even though I fail daily because I am human and a sinner (the Bible, from beginning to end, is about Christ and His remptive love). I try to emulate Christ, I try to act as He did while on this earth. How are those three things mutually exclusive? Worshiping Him, living by His Word, and trying to follow the example He set for us all go hand in hand!
2007-11-08 09:34:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name Christian was first documented in Atioch in Asia Minor, about 40AD. Many thousands of people at the time and in the following two centuries, as documented by the Romans and Christians alike, died for their beliefs, even in instances where mere distancing would have meant freedom.
They would have strived towards following Christ's example (love of neighbour, turning the other cheek etc), but not in the strict sense of emulating. (claiming that they are the Messiah etc). So yes, emulating to the letter would be difficult and indeed contrary to your one definition, "living by the bible".
Worshipping does not preclude "living by the bible". Just in case there is doubt. The bible, in the pre-Christian era, speaks of two covenants (a bit like a contract). Christians believe Jesus initiated the second covenant, and that the first one was "a shadow of things to come", and that they all pointed towards Jesus. That is why certain things Christians do seem to contradict Judaism.
In the modern sense it has a cultural meaning, so there are of course many "Christians" who practice few, or neither of the things you mention. There are many more Christians in Latin America and Africa, than in North America. But, perhaps because many Americans consider being a proud American and a "good Christian" synonomous, it as if they are related there. There is no relation at all. In first century Antioch, merely saying you were a Christian was dangerous, and if you weren't killed, one would have missed many opportunities in business. They clinged to, and found hope, solely in the historicity of the events witnessed to them.
2007-11-08 09:40:54 · answer #3 · answered by kwaaikat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think that they are mutually exclusive. To worship Christ is to want to emulate him and his words are found in the Bible. A Christian is one who follows Christ's teachings and believes that he is the Savior.
2007-11-08 09:28:33 · answer #4 · answered by keoh6 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is all three. If you worship Christ you would live by his words in the Bible and would try to emulate him by following his example. Being Christ-like means you are loving, merciful, trying not to sin by following the commandments, helping your fellow humans, etc.
To worship you go to church, revere him and pray through him to God the father.
2007-11-08 09:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by idaho gal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians are followers of Jesus Christ...we believe the Bible is the Word of God...we try to emulate Jesus...we don't suceed very often but we try...
2007-11-08 09:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is someone that believes ...In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
A Christian believes Jesus is Lord that died for our sins. A Christian follows the teachings of Jesus
2007-11-08 09:31:52 · answer #7 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Christian is a person whom adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament.
2007-11-08 09:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
One who follows after the Lord Jesus Christ
2007-11-08 09:26:53 · answer #9 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From what I have learned on here only a "true" christian can tell you and are also the only ones that can identify other "true" Christians. I myself believe that a christian is one who believes Jesus was the son of god the messiah and follow the bible.
2007-11-08 09:31:10 · answer #10 · answered by discombobulated 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋