What is a Christian?

In New Testament times, when one was considered a follower of someone it was a common practice to add a suffix after that leaders name.

The original meaning for a Christian was: ‘a follower of Christ’.

By the early part of the second century, a group of “Christians” began to use the term as a personal designation.

Christianity was then devised into a religion by these self appointed leaders, and Christians soon became known as followers of that religious system.

This new Church leadership accepted only the selected writings [of what they determined to be acceptable] and to be called the Holy Bible, the Word of God.

Note: But it also approved and selected other writings and teachings that were not included in the Holy Bible.

Centuries later, some of the members left this Church, reorganized, and were then recognized as Protestants.

However, these Protestant religions can only be described as Christianity that was ‘revised’ from the Roman Catholic religion.

A Christian today is recognized as a person that claims to believe in Jesus Christ, but their beliefs are coupled by adhering to the many Christian religious theologies of their choice. These Christian theological beliefs number in the thousands.

Therefore, Christianity today is a religion. Christians are not followers of Jesus Christ.

How can one determine what is correct?

1. Do all (or many) of the teachings and doctrines from any of these churches harmonize with the Holy Bible?

2. Are the teachings and doctrines that are being taught by the Christian religious leaders really Biblical? Can those teachings and doctrines be proven with Scripture verses only?

3. Are Christians a follower of Christ, or are they followers of a religion?

4. Do Christians ‘really’ know who the Biblical Jesus Christ was and is?

5. Is Christianity an exaltation of Jesus Christ, or a detriment?

Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.

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