{"id":4462,"date":"2014-10-20T10:47:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T09:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2020-12-03T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:52:04","slug":"did-you-say-you-are-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/did-you-say-you-are-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Say You Are A Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><strong>Did You Say You Are A Christian: Then You Are Born Of God To Be &#8211; Christ Follower, Soldier Of Christ, Witness, Missionary &amp; Ambassador!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">A Christian?\nYou are God&#8217;s vehicle or vessel of changing and influencing lives and making an\neffectual difference for the good of others. You are Christ Follower, Soldier\nof Christ, Christ Witness, Missionary and Ambassador. You can arise today and\nlet it be who you are in God <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">My first understanding of the word &#8216;Christian&#8217; as to becoming a Christian is to understand that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">*It is a nickname given to those who are followers, witness and Missionary of Christ as in the book of Acts epistles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">*And when you take the word Christ out of the word Christian, you are left with &#8216;ian&#8217;. And &#8216;ian&#8217; or &#8216;IAN&#8217; means &#8216;I Am Nothing&#8217;. Meaning, one is of worth because of Christ in one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Everyone in Christ is therefore a Follower, Soldier, Witness, Missionary and Ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><em>&#8220;And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called CHRISTIANS first in Antioch.&#8221;<\/em> <strong>(Acts 11:26).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><em>&#8220;Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us . . .&#8221; <\/em><strong>(2 Corinthians 5:20).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><strong>FurtherScripturalReading: Acts 1:8; 2 Timothy 2:1-4; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 8:1-8.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><strong>Rev Chukie MORSI<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did You Say You Are A Christian: Then You Are Born Of God To Be &#8211; Christ Follower, Soldier Of Christ, Witness, Missionary &amp; Ambassador! A Christian? You are God&#8217;s vehicle or vessel of changing and influencing lives and making an effectual difference for the good of others. 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