{"id":17238,"date":"2025-10-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=17238"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:16:41","slug":"did-you-say-you-are-a-christian-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/did-you-say-you-are-a-christian-4\/","title":{"rendered":"DID YOU SAY YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>DID YOU SAY YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN: I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE BORN OF GOD AS CALLED!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it\u00a0came to pass, that\u00a0a whole year\u00a0they ASSEMBLED themselves with the church, and TAUGHT\u00a0much\u00a0people. And the DISCIPLES were called CHRISTIANS first in Antioch&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>Acts 11:26.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">A\u00a0CHRISTIAN\u00a0you say you ARE? Know then that you ARE born of God and you ARE God&#8217;s vehicle and vessel of change, in changing and influencing lives and making an effectual difference for the good of others, for God in Christ Jesus stead. And your being born of God means then you ARE Christ FOLLOWER, SOLDIER of Christ, Christ WITNESS, MISSIONARY and AMBASSADOR of God in Christ Jesus stead. You can ARISE today and let it be that you are living for who you ARE of God in Christ Jesus stead not just what you are nicknamed as you take on the challenges of the faith in the grace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">My first understanding of the word &#8216;CHRISTIAN&#8217; as to becoming a Christian is to understand that:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2666\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"33\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2666&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">It is a nickname given to those who are followers,\u00a0witness\u00a0and Missionary of Christ as in the book of Acts epistles.\u00a0<b>Acts 11:26; Acts 26:27-29; 1 Peter 4:15-17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2666\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"33\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2666&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">And when you take the word CHRIST out of the word CHRISTIAN, you are left with &#8216;IAN&#8217;. And &#8216;IAN&#8217; means to me &#8211; &#8216;I AM NOTHING&#8217;. Meaning, one is of no WORTH, but ONLY in WORTH, because of Christ in you and you in Him. Otherwise,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0religion, sectarianism, dogmas and religious bondage and tradition of men.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Christ Jesus NEVER called His own born of God children the term &#8211; Christian, instead He called us as in scriptural context &#8211; DISCIPLE, FOLLOWER, SOLDIER, WITNESS, MISSIONARY and AMBASSADOR of God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">The word Christian is an illusion that has been purported for too long that what it\u00a0designated\u00a0then at the first use toward followers of Christ Jesus is not what it does\u00a0indicates\u00a0and represents to many people today.\u00a0Many\u00a0claim to be Christians\u00a0because they found themselves in one religious Church while they live contrary to the context of the Gospel of God in Christ Jesus stead, but when\u00a0there&#8217;s\u00a0a trial of their faith in Christ Jesus, they will almost deny their acclaimed faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men\u2019s matters. 16 Yet if any man\u00a0suffer\u00a0as a CHRISTIAN, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first\u00a0begin\u00a0at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>1 Peter 4:15-17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Are you just called a\u00a0Christian,\u00a0or you are indeed a &#8211; DISCIPLE, FOLLOWER, SOLDIER, WITNESS,\u00a0MISSIONARY\u00a0and an AMBASSADOR of God in Christ Jesus stead.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0your choice to align yourself today for your reality as you do life and living godly in God in Christ Jesus. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">SELAH &#8211; PAUSE AND THINK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it\u00a0came to pass, that\u00a0a whole year\u00a0they assembled themselves with the church, and taught\u00a0much\u00a0people. And the DISCIPLES were called CHRISTIANS first in Antioch&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>Acts 11:26.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;King Agrippa, BELIEVEST thou the prophets? I know that thou BELIEVEST. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul,\u00a0Almost\u00a0thou PERSUADEST me to be a CHRISTIAN. 29 And Paul said, I WOULD TO GOD, THAT NOT ONLY THOU, BUT ALSO ALL THAT HEAR ME THIS DAY, were\u00a0both ALMOST, and ALTOGETHER such as I AM, except these bonds&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><b>Acts 26:27-29.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men\u2019s matters. 16 Yet if any man\u00a0suffer\u00a0as a CHRISTIAN, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first\u00a0begin\u00a0at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>1 Peter 4:15-17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;Now then we are AMBASSADORS for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us . . .&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>2 Corinthians 5:20.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost\u00a0is come\u00a0upon you: and ye shall be WITNESSES unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all\u00a0Jud\u00e6a, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><b>Acts 1:8.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;Thou\u00a0therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that WARRETH\u00a0entangleth\u00a0himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a SOLDIER&#8221;<\/i><b>\u00a02 Timothy 2:1-4.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW179731391 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179731391 BCX8\">Further Scriptural Reading Text<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179731391 BCX8\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW179731391 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW179731391 BCX8\">Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-20; Acts 8:1-8.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW179731391 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>REV. 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And the DISCIPLES were called CHRISTIANS first in Antioch&#8221;\u00a0Acts 11:26.\u00a0 A\u00a0CHRISTIAN\u00a0you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1780],"tags":[2202,2197,8332,2199,2194,2195,2198,2196,2200,2201],"class_list":{"0":"post-17238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-social-media-wisdom-nugget-publication","7":"tag-achristian","8":"tag-anambassador","9":"tag-anambassadorofchrist","10":"tag-awitness","11":"tag-bornofgod","12":"tag-christfollower","13":"tag-evangelism","14":"tag-soldeirofchrist","15":"tag-soulwinner","16":"tag-soulwinning","17":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17239,"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17238\/revisions\/17239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}