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Christians
Acts 11: 26 "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."
I am interested in the last part of this verse, "The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." What interests me is why the people that observed these Disciples of Christ would call them "Christians?" I know for a fact that it was not because the disciples acted 'RELIGIOUS."
It is a fact that the sole reason the people called these disciples "Christians" was because
they remembered how Christ behaved, how Christ talked, and how Christ cared for other and their well being more than his own. That my friend is why the people called these disciples "Christians."
Now the question that I have to ask myself and the question you have to ask yourself is how do others view us? Do people around us say, "There is a Christian?" Or, are we seen in the same view as the world, just another "RELIGIOUS" person?
While many Christians are standing up for their faith in other parts of the world and having their heads cut off for it, I wonder if we are that kind of Christian that we are willing to die for our faith. It is very clear that if we are not willing to live a life that resembles Christ, we surely will not die for the cause of Christ.