What are we?

Christian?

Do we even know what that word means?

Christ

1. (Judaism) The ‘Lord's anointed one’ or messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy.

2. (Christianity) (literally) The title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as fulfilling messianic prophecy; often treated as a personal name

-ian

1. (as an adjective) From, related to, or like.
2. (as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like

Christian

1. A believer in Christianity.
2. An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.

The Lord's anointed one, the title given to Jesus of Nazareth. The Man we call our savior. But, believing and following are two completely different things. According to the definition of the suffix -ian, just believing in Christ does not make you a Christian. Hitler was a man. He was for the most part what the history books tell us. I believe he existed that does not make me a follower of Hitler any more than believing Jesus existed makes me a Christian.

The definition of -ian say to be "from", related to or like. So how much are we truly like Christ. How often during the course of one short day do we do the complete opposite of what we know in our hearts what our Savior would have us do. Is it really that difficult? I'm not saying that it is or isn't, I'm just saying we know what Christ would have us do. it's right there in His word. He teaches us how to live with His words and His actions. If we really are from Christ would this world really be that difficult to overcome. Yet we see struggles, sin and pain everyday. And I'm talking about inside the church.....

to be continued....

J. Gabriel