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27 2026 But Everyone Does It
If I were to say what's most important I'd say you need to be born again. Next to that you need to grow like a tree planted by the waters and read and heed the word of God. I've never liked the word "Christian." Never once in the Bible are we called Christians. Except that the Bible says the people who didn't know Jesus called the Disciples (which is what the book of Acts calls believers) in Antioch "Christians." There's a verse that says: "But if anyone suffers as a “Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name." One lost soul said to Paul, "you almost persuade me to become a Christian." So three times this word is used in the entire New Testament. Never in the mouth of the apostles or prophets or disciples. Always it's used in reference to what unbelievers called the first believers in Jesus. It's not important to be called a Christian, or to attend a denomination, or to have a religion. What's important is to be born again. Then you become a true child of God. You join a family. The family of God. In the book of Acts the believers were called disciples or as a group the church. The epistles call us the called, saints, brethren, the church, the chosen, sons, the elect, little children, beloved, and Jesus himself in the book of Revelation calls us the church. As the scriptures foretold: "Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee" Not once in the epistles did the apostles call believers "christians." The word christian from Strong's concordance: "2. (figuratively, as understood by the nations) followers of the teachings of Christ 3. (improperly, though very common) a person who identifies himself as a Christian only because he does not identify with another religion." Improperly Strong says. Why don't we call ourselves Brethren? We are family. Not just part of some spiritual belief system. We are born again into the family of God. We are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, saints, the elect, the called, the chosen. We are His and are no longer of this world. Let them call us Christians, but not everyone who is called a Christian is born again. Only those who are born again will inherit the Kingdom of God. And only those whose name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life will refuse to take the mark of the Beast. Everyone else on this planet will worship the Beast. Just because everyone does it doesn't make it right!!!
If I were to say what's most important I'd say you need to be born again. Next to that you need to grow like a tree planted by the waters and read and heed the word of God. I've never liked the word "Christian." Never once in the Bible are we called Christians. Except that the Bible says the people who didn't know Jesus called the Disciples (which is what the book of Acts calls believers) in Antioch "Christians." There's a verse that says: "But if anyone suffers as a “Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name." One lost soul said to Paul, "you almost persuade me to become a Christian." So three times this word is used in the entire New Testament. Never in the mouth of the apostles or prophets or disciples. Always it's used in reference to what unbelievers called the first believers in Jesus. It's not important to be called a Christian, or to attend a denomination, or to have a religion. What's important is to be born again. Then you become a true child of God. You join a family. The family of God. In the book of Acts the believers were called disciples or as a group the church. The epistles call us the called, saints, brethren, the church, the chosen, sons, the elect, little children, beloved, and Jesus himself in the book of Revelation calls us the church. As the scriptures foretold: "Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee" Not once in the epistles did the apostles call believers "christians." The word christian from Strong's concordance: "2. (figuratively, as understood by the nations) followers of the teachings of Christ 3. (improperly, though very common) a person who identifies himself as a Christian only because he does not identify with another religion." Improperly Strong says. Why don't we call ourselves Brethren? We are family. Not just part of some spiritual belief system. We are born again into the family of God. We are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, saints, the elect, the called, the chosen. We are His and are no longer of this world. Let them call us Christians, but not everyone who is called a Christian is born again. Only those who are born again will inherit the Kingdom of God. And only those whose name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life will refuse to take the mark of the Beast. Everyone else on this planet will worship the Beast. Just because everyone does it doesn't make it right!!!
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