I am writing this article as something to consider or think about. I find myself often thinking of the ‘why’ something is. The word Christian is one such word. Why are we called Christians?
Who gave us that name? Did Jesus name us after himself? Did the Apostles affirm us as such? Most believers never ask such questions. They just go along with the status quo.
They Were First Called Christians
“and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.” Acts 11:26
Throughout scripture, the followers of Christ were called disciples. The Apostles used affectionate names such as Brethern, Beloved, Dear Children (of God), and Saints. But Christian was not used.
It wasn’t given to the believers by Christ. He never called the disciples Christians. In fact, other than calling them disciples, he called them his brothers.
It was the people of Antioch who coined the phrase ‘Christian’ (according to the text), which means, “follower of the teachings of Christ”. Whether being called a ‘Christ Follower’ was a term of endearment or derision is debatable.
The point is, until this time, believers were not called Christians! And if we were to call on the law of first mention, we would again conclude that Christian is a term used by the unbelievers, not the disciples themselves.
The Term ‘Christian’ Catches On
“Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” Acts 26:28
The term Christian spread from Antioch south, north of Palestine where King Agrippa ruled. Agrippa, during a visit to Festus, who was holding Paul, pending his appeal to stand before Caesar, became curious about Paul and wanted to hear him.
After Paul preached the Gospel before Festus and Agrippa, Agrippa spoke the words of Acts 26:28. He called Paul a Christian.
This is the second time it is used. It’s used once more.
If You Suffer As A Christian…
“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.” 1 Peter 4:16
I guess this is enough for everyone to begin calling themselves a Christian. The only disciple to use the term is Peter. But why?
Peter was addressing the believers across the Roman Empire. Giving them words of encouragement and strength, he also acknowledged their struggles. Some were undergoing persecution because of their belief in Christ. As such, they were being called Christians by the unbelievers.
“If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.” 1 Peter 4:14
Peter was not branding them Christians. He knows that’s what they were being called. So he used the same term. Note Peter did not use it before or ever again afterward.
Are You Something Just Because?
If someone called you a duck, does that make you a duck? Or a dog? The point here is not about what you are being called. It’s about who you truly are.
The followers of Christ knew themselves as Sons of God, Kings, and Priests of God, Heirs, and Joint-Heirs with Christ, etc. They were believers, and brethren, male and female alike. But never did they refer to themselves as Christians.
Now, it is obvious, during the centuries that passed, the term stuck. This is especially true once Rome decided to make peace with the believers and convert (sort of). They began calling themselves Christians. Hmm…
This article will not likely change hundreds of years of tradition. I’m sure people will argue for the term and never call themselves anything else. That’s okay. I only want you to think. It’s not unlike my article about Lucifer.
If Satan and Lucifer are the same beings, why is Lucifer only mentioned once in all of scripture? And only in the Old Testament? Hmm…
No matter what we call ourselves, one thing is certain. If we name the name of Christ, we are (or should be) the followers of the teachings of Christ. Feel free to comment and share your thoughts on this.
I agree! I have always actually believed this since I became a….
There is only thing in this blog I believe to be missing – part of this rich heritage I believe to be ours, is the counter which was the actual name during these times. I believe that believers called themselves ‘The Way’. Most likely based on ‘The Way, The Truth, The Life’. Here are seven times Believers are simply and without fanfare, called The Way:
Acts 9:2, 18:25, 19:9, 19:23, 22:4, 24:14 and 24:22
And just as anyone who calls themselves a ‘Christian’ can have aberrant Theology, so to can a sect out there that calls itself ‘The Way’. Did ‘christians’ stop calling themselves as such because of false ones? No – and neither should we give up on this historic and beautiful Title, The Way, for ourselves as ‘followers of’.
SirRichard,
Thank you so much for your comment! I will look into your suggestion. I pray this blog continues to be a blessing to you!
The fellowship was called the way because the fellowship bore the name of the Son of God, who is the way. The followers were in Christ, they were in Jesus. So they were in the way, they were in the truth. Jesus prayed to His Father regarding His disciples, “May they all be one, as I am in thee and as thou art in me, may they be one in us.” One divine fellowship of God and His anointed. One divine fellowship of love. One Spirit. The Spirit of Love and Truth. God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. God’s Word is Truth. To enter into the Kingdom of God one must be born again of the Water(Word) and the Spirit, not by Water(Word) alone, but by Water(Word) AND the Spirit, for it is the Spirit which quickens and gives true discernment of the Word. The Spirit give power to the Word. Saying it (Word or lip service) and doing it are two different things. There’s just as much difference in it as night and day. Jesus didn’t just say he honored His Father, he showed it and proved it by his deeds, what he did or by the things he did, in other words. You shall know them by their fruits, the fruits of righteousness, not of false righteousness but of true righteousness. False righteousness, the righteousness of man exalts man. True righteousness exalts the Lord God.
I also agree, I believe that it is confirmation for me to always consider myself as a believer, and not a Christian. I believe we should study to understand then and now dispensation of time. Thank you for sharing.
I enjoyed your article. I have been teaching on these very lines of the Sabbath and how it is a commandment that people stopped honoring when God commanded us to. And how other things the Western world has adopted and forced people to accept. I enjoyed your work keep it up.
THE WAY: Was tied primarily to the teaching of John the Baptist and his good news (gospel) that the King and the Kindom was in the midst of the Jews and His Kindom was at hand. The gospel of the Kingdom was exclusively Jewish. Excluding the gentile nations because the law demanded it so! The Kingdom of Priest mentioned in Exodus 19:6 was what John the Baptist was announcing. No gentiles could be part of the Kingdom of Priest. Once the King was seated on his throne of glory post tribulation all Israel represented by 12 thousand from each of the 12 tribes would be baptized into priesthood and begin the great commission of evangelism to all the world of gentiles. Until the Kingdom and King were established the Jews had been commanded by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 10:6 (GO NOT into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the Samaritan enter you NOT but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel and as you go preach saying the Kindom of heaven is at hand.) Matthew 15:22 Jesus himself told his deciples (I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel) still the Canaan woman persisted. The Lord again spoke to the air that it was not right to give the bread of the children (of Israel) to the DOGS! Dogs was a derogatory term for gentiles. The Lord was not sent to the gentiles. The Apostle Paul writes the Lord was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirm the promises made to the fathers. The fathers of the Jews, not the gentiles. Paul / Saul being a Jew at his introduction in scripture as the persecutor of the WAY received letters from the Chief Priest to continue pursuit of those of this WAY into Damascus because he had successfully rid the land Of Israel of all Jews that were of this WAY. There were no gentiles under the authority of Jews. Paul could not and did not have any power over the gentiles. The Roman’s were the gentiles. All Jews were the subjects of the Roman empire. Paul having left the borders of Israel and traveled to the outskirts of Damascus received from the Acended Lord Jesus instructions and at the same time a devout law keeping Jew named Annanias received his orders from the Lord where we learn Paul will be sent to the whole world Jews And gentiles. Paul is told he must go to the Jews first because God is only dealing with the Jews and has dealt only with the nation Israel for the preceeding 2000 years. Granted there were a few exceptions like Jonah. But Paul goes to the Jews in their Synagogue and tells them Jesus is the Christ the Messiah the eternal King. And they listened to him until he mentioned that the gentiles were to be included in this salvation.
They, like Jonah, rejected the notion of having to share there God with gentiles before the King had set up the Kingdom. They knew the old testament foretold their role as a Kingdom of Priest that would be lighted by the true Light of the world (Christ Jesus) as their eternal King. And after this they as a nation were to evangelize the world but not before. That was THE WAY. The Lord Jesus and his deciples/apostles were NOT CHRISTIANS!!! They did not preach Death, Burial, resurrection and the shed Blood as a means of salvation!
Salvation by the gospel of the Kingdom of heaven was different from salvation by the gospel of the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ!
As demonstrated numerous times in scripture. Under Kingdom gospel a Jew had only to believe that Jesus was/is Christ or Messiah or King, the three titles are practically interchangeable. All the miracles, signs and wonders recorded and unrecorded in scripture were for the purpose of convincing the Jew that Jesus was the promised King. Believing this was to be followed by repentance, baptism by water and the evidence of speaking in tounges. This made the Jewish believer of THE WAY!
Under the gospel of the Grace of God, to which we are only introduced after the rejection of the Holy Spirit at the stoning of Steven. The method of salvation is changed as evidenced to Peter and 6 other Jews at the home of the Roman Centurion Cornelius.
Peter comes to the threshold of The door to Cornelius’ home and there tells Cornelius ” You know that it is an unlawful thing for me a Jew to enter in to a man of another nation” this is evidence that Peter is still a law keeping Jew. This is as many as 8 years after the Day of Pentecost. Cornelius tells Peter that he has received Devine instruction to send for Peter so that Peter could tell him and his whole house words by which they may be saved. The scripture tells that Peter began to speak of the things of the Lord Jesus Christ, no doubt a rendition of his words to the Jewish crowd at the day of Pentecost but he had not finished his intended words as evidenced by scripture in that it says “While Peter Yet spake”
And the whole house of Cornelius was filled with the Holy Spirit! And Peter along with the 6 Jews with him were ASTOUNDED!
They were astounded because these gentiles had only believed!
They had not repented!
They had not been baptized!
Yet they, the Jews could hear with there own ears this house full of Roman gentiles speaking the language of the Jews! Undeniably the house full of gentiles had received salvation from the Hebrews God! Astounding!
All Peter could say was “Who can deny these water!”
The process the Jews had been relying on for there Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven introduced by John the Baptist preached by The Lord Jesus was now reversed. The house of Cornelius had been purified by believing only. No works had been required. The WAY required WORKS because it was under the LAW!
At approximately the same time that Peter was in the house of Cornelius the Apostle Paul was being thrown from his horse outside of the city of Damascus. He would go on for 25 plus years revealing the Gospel of the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ which was part of the secret kept secret from the foundation of the world and revealed first to him. Paul was the first saved by Grace. Paul is the only Jew that ever said “We are no longer under the LAW”. Paul is the only one that mentions the Body of Christ which is the Church. Paul gives us all the doctrine for the Church. Only Paul tells of the rapture(caught up) or Harpadzo in the greek. Paul tells us Christ Jesus is the HEAD and we are the Body. All these concepts are part of the “MYSTERY” The secret kept secret from the foundation of the world and revealed to the Apostle Paul first! Revealed to him by the Acended Lord!
Paul’s good news the Gospel of Grace has taken precedent and temporarily for the last 2000 years replaced the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven because it was God’s plan all along but it was necessary that it be kept secret. Had the prince’s of this world known they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.
And we would not have 2000 plus years of Grace in the which God has been calling out a people for his name! Jews and gentiles saved not by the LAW but by Grace. Not to be subjects in an earthly kingdom but to be joint heirs with the crucified dead buried resurrected Jesus Christ. HIS HEAVENLY PEOPLE!
Often we create a distinction without a point, the term Christian derives from the Latin word Christionos. Which as stated means a follower of Christ, what better pronouncement of your faith and walk with Christ than to be labeled by your enemies as being Christ like.
If the term Christian means followers of the teachings of Jesus Christ then I think that is very powerful.The believers were living so much like Jesus that the non-believers said hey those people are following the teachings of Jesus Christ.They are praying, and worshipping, and feeding the hungry etc.They are following his teaching and his life style.Lets call them Christians cause they follow his teaching and act and live like him.They let their light so shine before the non-believer that they called them after their master Jesus the anointed one.I believe that their lifestyle in following Jesus the Christ that they had to coin a term for them which was Christian which was relative to their master.As the scripture declares that the disciples were considered ignorant and unlearned men but they took note of them because they had been with Jesus.
Thank you Tracy. Being called a Christian is a bad thing. The fact remains they were ‘called’ Christians. They did not refer to themselves as Christians.
Greetings. If you read the text in the Greek or use an Interlinear it will help clear up the issue created by the English translations.
The believers were first called Christians by Paul and Barnabas. It was they who caused the disciples “to be assembled,” it was they who began “to teach” the ekklesia and it was they who began “to call” (chrematisai, aorist active infinitive / prolonged causative) first in Antioch the disciples “Christians.”
Mark, thank you for your comment. Using the scripture itself, I would appreciate the verse or verses where Paul or Barnabas calls the believers Christians. The term ‘Christian’ was actually derogatory, as the people of Antioch used it to poke fun at the followers of Christ. And being that, according to verse 19 of Acts 11, the gospel was being preached to the Jews only, they would not have called themselves Christians. This would be an admission to Christ being the Messiah, which the Jews did not believe. It was the pagans of the city that coined the term ‘Christian’ knowing the rejection of Christ by the Jews and seeing the gospel of Christ as nonsense.
Barnabas was sent to Antioch and later, he found Paul and brought him back to help with the work there. If the Apostle had been the one to first call the disciples Christians, one would think the term would be used from then on. But it is not. The only other references (2) are either changes by the translators or used by the author only as a reference to help those being spoken to understand who was being spoken of. I personally lean toward the former.
Thanks, Mark. Funny how the name ‘Christians’ was only mentioned once. If it’s true that they were called Christians, why not continue using calling them that? Also, why did Paul and Barnabas wait until now? If the disciples in Antioch were Christians, you would think all disciples are, and would have been called so from the beginning. Just a thought…
I have been studying the importance of names in the Bible today and last night and tonight. so i read alot and am still reading as im lead to acts and the original language and the such. I don’t have a complete reasoning so i can’t expound just yet on true facts about the importance of the title of certain words.
Thanks ! for this article guys. It has me thinking and inquiring much more learning depth. Again ! thanks1 God bless, y all
You are so welcome! Thank you for commenting. God Bless!
Very insightful stuff. I’ve researched a bit about this and written a 200 page book that will be online early 2023. The truth is that the Church of Christ aka the Body of Christ, the Bride of Christ, etc. and Christianity are as distinct as light and darkness! Christ is the Head of His own body, the community of His redeemed, while Chrianity is a religious franchise of denominations made, owned and managed by man. It is about WHEAT and TARES intercropped till the end. Then Christ will rapture His own body to Himself while WCC will sell Christianity to the One World Religion.
Awesome job in your research I’ve always know why and how the name christian came about Antioch was mocking making fun insulting the believers of Jesus Christ so I’ve never referred to myself as a Christian Jesus stated clearly in His Word to make disciples a disciple is a student as student of the teachings of Jesus Christ we as followers of Jesus Christ are to always be on guard from Satan Satan’s wiles/ tricks/ schemes/ deception anything that takes believers of Jesus Christ off focus of what Jesus teaches we must stand firm on all of Jesus teachings regardless of the majority because one day we all will give an account for how we have lived here on earth
For the following two (2) reasons, I believe the name “Christian” in Acts 11:26 is by Divine origin and not the cruel mocking of unbelievers in Antioch.
1.The verb “called” in Acts 11:26 is the English translation of the Greek verb “chematizo” which is used eight (8) other times in the New Testament and always denotes a Divine revelation. Note how it is variously translated in our English bibles: Matt. 2:12, 22 (“warned by God”); Luke 2:26 (“it had been revealed…by the Holy Spirit”); Acts 10:22 (“divinely directed”); Rom. 7:3 (“shall be called”); and Heb. 8:5; 11:7 (“warned by God).
2. Acts 11:26 appears to me to be a fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy (62:1-5) that when Jews and Gentiles would participate together in God’s coming plan for their “righteousness and salvation” (the gospel of Christ) he foretold “…you will be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD will designate,” (v.2). The church at Antioch is the “first” local church of record in the New Testament composed of both Jewish and Gentile disciples (see also Acts 10-11:18; 15:7-9 with Acts 11:19-26).
Unbelievers have and will revile the name “Christian,” but they are not the author of that “fair name by which [we] have been called,” James 2:7.
Keith,
James 2:7 has nothing to do with the word Christian. It speaks of Christ. Jesus is the “worthy name” by which we are called. You think men calling the believers Christians is the mouth of the Lord as spoken in Isaiah 62? Isaiah 62 will be fulfilled when the Lord redeems His people. Remember, the Romans called themselves Christians in order to fit in with the believers after persecution was lifted and being a follower of Christ was deemed ‘favorable’.
I know that people were called three times Christians in the Bible but I know that what’s disciples and delivery and saints are you married by me and you should not be called Christians but believers
Believer…”you’ve been assimilated into a Christian!”…grin…great post! shalom shalom…bless us all LORD with wisdom and understanding by Your Word and Holy Spirit…
I have often had the same thoughts. I look at myself as a believer of Christ. A child of God. It seems like being called a Christian was a derogatory term or the way the unbelievers classified us because they couldn’t grasp the concept of the believers being children of God. An assumption. And maybe it was easier to put believers in a category that they could describe or ascribe to anyone who mentions the name of Jesus. And today we see many who claim Christianity- even witches and warlocks practice Christianity. Because of this, they are able to blend in with other “Christian’s” undetected and cause havoc!
But a believer, I believe is different. We are not only in name but in action. We don’t just talking the talk of the gospel! We live it!
In these last days I believe and am seeing that this is the evidence of the sons and daughters of God.
This is how the Christian and the Believer can be told apart.
Thank you for your article.
I got a deep understanding recently and have fought myself hard to not express it but the Holy Spirit won’t let me. “When error is instutionalized truth becomes rebellion” And they were first called Christians in Antioch not in honour of their works but in mockery. I say so because despite all that Jesus Christ did and proclaimed both the Jew’s and unbelievers tagged him a blasphemer which Christ ended up being crucified for. The people of Antioch called the disciples so to the believe that they all acted “like Jesus” which to their belief and ignorance was blaspheming. King Agrippa confirmed this with Paul by not wanting to identify with such people even if he knew better than Fetus. Peter again had to encourage the disciples to suffer the persecution(name calling) to be so. I conclude by saying this, if anyone is allowed to call the children of God “Christians” then it should be the unbeliever that does not believe Jesus Christ is the son of God. True children of God or True believers are to edify each other by calling themselves other names like we already know in the Bible to strengthen each others belief and faith. But if we join the world to call ourselves Christian then we persecute ourselves the more and agree with the unbeliever that we are blasphemers.
Well said, Peter!
I also am led by the Spirit of God away from Christianity as an institution and the name Christian as it separates us and our fellow Jews in Christ and from our root. Jesus and Paul never instituted a new religion which separate us by its core from the olive tree and from the seed of Abraham. Christianity as an institution was a Roman concept fueled by distancing ourselves from the Jews. As part of the seed of Abraham I want to worship God the Farther, his Word our Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit. When you see Jesus as the Word of God who is one with God, who came to do the will of his farther as prophesied in the Old Testament then you move away from replacement theology taught by Christain churches.
Amen, Riaan!
But then again, our Saviour’s original/given name is not Jesus, because the ancient Hebrew language does not have ‘J’ but rather employs ‘Y’ as in the sacred name of our heavenly Father Yahuah, and the set apart name of our Mashiach, Yahusha.
The letter ‘J’ is but a 1524 invention to the English alphabet, and this alone informs me that our Saviour has a name given to Him as a reflection of His oneness with His Father, as by His own words, He came in His Father’s name (Yohanan 5:43), yet the world rejected Him, and continues to do so by calling on a strange name that does not belong to Him!
So Yahusha’s followers must reject the appellation and revert to being disciples of Yahusha HaMashiach.
Brethren, let us unashamedly rightly divide the Word!
Beautiful posts around this. The word “Christian “ has always carried a conflicting resonance to me. For me personally, “Christ Follower” has a resonance that aligns with the frequency of Truth, and the Holy Spirit vibration of Divine Love and Heaven sourced by Yahweh.
However, the intention you carry in your heart, soul, spirit is what activates the vibrational frequency and resonance of your words. The intention is coming from the source of your belief.
Which explains to me why the words of some people who call themselves “Christians” can align in Holy Spirit activated Truth resonance and why some don’t.
True Believers are members of the Body of Christ. The organized religion church institutions in my opinion, using the words “Christian” and “Christianity” have done a lot to “dis-member” the body.
Therefore what I attune to when reading scripture and when listening to spoken words is the resonance and frequency of the intentional Divine Inspiration of the Creator coming through.
Those souls who are in Yahweh are in Christ. They have responded to the knowledge of Yahweh which has been written upon their hearts, by yielding to His authority and receiving the gift of His grace through Christ. They mirror and channel unconditional love. This love is what transmits the resonance of Truth and The Way. Attuning ourselves to Christ helps us develop a spiritual antenna which enables us to discern the truth source.
Becoming the frequency of Holy Spirit Christ Yahweh activated “I Am” Presence is the doorway to Spiritual Awakening , Healing, Divine Love, Truth, Wisdom, Discipleship, Mystic Discovery, and Eternal Salvation.
That frequency will always transmit Truth no matter what label is used.
I am a Messianic believer who is both Jewish and Gentile and as l have researched these things l have found out that Christianity is actually a man made religion Yahshua/Jesus never wanted His followers to start a new religion He wanted both Jewish and Gentiles believers to keep His Sabbath His Feast days and continue to eat the foods that His Father gave us in Leviticus 26 we have fallen so far from Yahweh’s plan for us to become a One New Man… l pray that more people read this article
Shalom! Chers bien-aimés en Christ. J’espère que vous êtes bien portant par la grâce de Dieu.
J’ai eu à lire tout vos commentaires patiemment. Et j’ai remarqué une chose, qu’il y a pas un point commun qui nous réuni, au contraire c’est<> des pensées et des opinions.
Vous savez! Ce que satan sait bien faire? C’est de nous garder préoccuper de bien faire les choses en passant que nous sommes dans le bon, et on fait passer du temps unitillement au lieu faire le nécessaire de discerner la pensée de Dieu pour atteindre l’OBJECTIF sa volonté. (D’aller droit au but. “1 Timothée 2:1-4″
Voici ma contribution: Oui, je suis d’accord avec vous, moi même aussi je ne me vois pas comme un chrétien, d’ailleurs c’est mon message clé ce que Jésus Christ été venu RESTAURER, ÉTABLIR sur terre👉”Matthieu 4:17″ LE ROYAUME DE DIEU” Mais pas la religion appelée christianisme.
Alors je me vois bien plus comme un enfant de Dieu avant tout, et aussi comme un citoyen céleste, un ambassadeur de Christ, un représentant du royaume de Dieu sur terre, un porteur du message de l’évangile (la bonne nouvelle) de Christ sur terre.
Vous avez raison, Jésus ne nous a jamais appelé chrétien, ni les apôtres s’appelaient eux-mêmes de chrétiens même avant “Actes 11:26; 28:26″ ou même après que Piérre la aussi utilisé.
Mais dans mon opinion, je ne trouves aucun motif qui puisse me séparé de mon frère ou ma soeur en Christ qui se dit qu’il/elle est chrétien/ne et que moi qui refuse ce nom! Pourquoi laissé la place à l’ennemi au milieu de nous?
La chose la plus importante ce n’est pas seulement de porté le nom chrétien ou croyant pour d’autre qui refuse d’être appelé chrétien, mais plutôt c’est de porté le CARACTÈRE de Christ nous. Que cela soit manifesté dans nos conduites, dans nos comportements, nos langages, nos réactions ou nos agissements. Pas le titre seulement.
Car a quoi ça sert de refusé d’être appelé chrétien que plutôt d’être appelé CROYANT, LA VOIE, Etc… Peut importe le titre que vous voulez! Mais a quoi sert-il si nous continuerons de vivre dans le péché?
A quoi sert-il si année après année nous restons toujours de même personne? Ni aucun signe de la connaissance de la parole de Christ, ni la croissance, ni la maturité spirituelle?
A quoi sert-il si nous, nous ne sommes pas capable de nourire et de développer notre homme intérieur (nos esprits) de pouvoir écouter et discerner la voix de Dieu pour accomplir exactement ce qu’IL nous demande de faire sans doute ni ésitation.
A quoi sert-il si nous ne gagnons pas les âmes pour le Seigneur? Tel est sa volonté👉1 Timothée 2:1-4” Regardons comment ce monde est en train de se fronde de plus en plus dans le mal et aux péchés mais nous-voici sommes là de discuter sur les choses moins importantes! (Sorry, je ne minimise pas le sujet mais c’est pas vraiment crucial)
S.v.p! Les saints enfants de Dieu, cherchons ce qui nous uni en Christ et non ce qui nous divise. Ayons le même sentiment, même pensée qui était en Christ qui est notre model… …
Merci restons béni en Christ Jésus Notre seul et unique Seigneur, Roi, Sauveur, et Dieu. Hallelu-YAH !