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What is a Believer?
Core Beliefs:
A believer is a child of God.
A believer is eternally saved.
John 1:12
A believer is saved
What Does a Believer Believe?
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God.
What is a Christian
A believer is saved ().
What is a Christian?
A believer is a child of God ().
A believer is eternally saved.
The Believer’s Beliefs
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
, the Son of God.
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Jesus gives eternal life
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Jesus gives eternal life (; ).
Certain Benefits:
A believer is saved ().
A believer is a child of God ().
What is a Christian?
What is a Christian?
The term Christian occurs only three times in the New Testament:
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“Christian” is equivalent to “disciple.”
The word was was coined by unbelievers, perhaps an an expression of contempt or disrespect, or possibly as a pun.
Rather than "followers of the anointed One", they were "the goody-goody bunch" or "members of the household of Goody-Goody" (Greek chrestos, xrhsto/j, often meaning "good" or "moral" in Hellenistic Greek).
Source: Dr. Robert D. Luginbill, https://ichthys.com/mail-the-name-Christian.htm.
It was coined by unbelievers, perhaps an an expression of contempt or disrespect, or possibly as a pun.
Rather than "followers of the anointed One", they were "the goody-goody bunch" or "members of the household of Goody-Goody" (Greek chrestos, xrhsto/j, often meaning "good" or "moral" in Hellenistic Greek).
Source: Dr. Robert D. Luginbill, https://ichthys.com/mail-the-name-Christian.htm.
Possibly it is a pun.
Rather than "followers of the anointed One", they were "the goody-goody bunch" or "members of the household of Goody-Goody" (Greek chrestos, xrhsto/j, often meaning "good" or "moral" in Hellenistic Greek).
Source: Dr. Robert D. Luginbill, https://ichthys.com/mail-the-name-Christian.htm.
Dr. Robert D. Luginbill served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and is presently Professor of Classics in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Dr. Luginbill is the author of "Author of Illusions: Thucydides' Rewriting of the History of the Peloponnesian War" (Newcastle upon Tyne 2011), and "Thucydides on War and National Character" (Boulder, 1999), along with numerous other articles on Greek literature, history and historiography.
He is also the author of the Ichthys.com
Christian website (Bible Study for Spiritual Growth).
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By the time of Paul’s imprisonment, the term Christian had become widespread, as even Herod Agrippa used it to refer to the sect previously known as “The Way.”
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Being known as a Christian could invite persecution.
The term “disciple” occurs hundreds of times in the New Testament.
In the Gospels, primarily it refers to the 12 Disciples.
In Acts, it refers to the entire Christian community.
Acts also makes frequent mention of belief and baptism, which was assumed to be true of all disciples.
Jesus has a program for discipleship.
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Beginning discipleship requires baptism and instruction in Christian living.
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Intermediate discipleship requires adherence to Christ’s instruction.
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What is the Church?
Advanced discipleship requires total commitment.
What is the Church?
Individuals: a community of believers becoming disciples.
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By imitating Christ, as seen in others.
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By diligent effort.
Institution: an organization dedicated to producing disciples.
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God.
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The church is a teaching organization.
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The church is a training organization.
What Must the Church Teach to Make Christians?
Evangelism
Doctrine
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