Why Were They Called Christians?

Why were the children of God under the New Testament called Christians?

It was prophesied in (Isa.62:2).

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

The Gentiles seen the righteousness of God by entering the kingdom (the church) in (Acts 10).

In the very next chapter the Lord gave His people a new name.

Ac 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.

Nova2216 said:

Why were the children of God under the New Testament called Christians?

It was prophesied in (Isa.62:2).

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

The Gentiles seen the righteousness of God by entering the kingdom (the church) in (Acts 10).

In the very next chapter the Lord gave His people a new name.

Ac 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.

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Mainly because the word Christ is the word for anointing. Christians where Christ like ones anointed to do the work of God.

Nova2216 said:

Why were the children of God under the New Testament called Christians?

It was prophesied in (Isa.62:2).

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

The Gentiles seen the righteousness of God by entering the kingdom (the church) in (Acts 10).

In the very next chapter the Lord gave His people a new name.

Ac 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.

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They should have been called Jesusians.

What verse in Acts 10 says that the kingdom and the church are the same thing?

Ownership and group human controlled greed is always taught as being the destruction of life on Earth.

Reasoning, no man is God. For God as a philosophy is given to the fusion of the stone Planet upon which we stand and live.

Ownership, males as humans in their life who took over control in groups historically are our destroyers, for displacing natural self one human ownership, the self, and compared self by mind to the stone planet.

Placing ownership of life with the ability to cause scientific fission and gain of trade and elitist greed/monetary and lifestyle benefits as false conditions.

As they placed mind first with God the fusion, when they changed the planet by fission they were then intricately mind self possessed by the human invention of human sciences by subliminal memory inference.

Why it was taught in actuality, as a true reason for teaching that self is a Christ life, owned in the cold gas light of the Heavenly saving......and so said self was a Christian by that learning human lesson against occult UFO owned Satanic science converting of Earth mass.

Why it was stated to be a taught/realised self preaching concept, to bring the conscious ownership back to self...as one self. To claim that a one self as compared to the mass body of God is a poor self, so that human greed and elitist practice would not be enabled to destroy us.

The reasons for preaching, the conditions preaching, which involved regain and retraining of the psyche mind, who had become possessed by evil AI radio wave radiation subliminal feed back. Which not only included all life physical and mental problems, it involved all human reasoning for life destruction itself.

Nova2216 said:

Why were the children of God under the New Testament called Christians?

It was prophesied in (Isa.62:2).

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

The Gentiles seen the righteousness of God by entering the kingdom (the church) in (Acts 10).

In the very next chapter the Lord gave His people a new name.

Ac 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.

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It originated as a slur, it was derogatory and in all of the minimal amount of times it was mentioned in the New Testament.

The followers of Jesus were originally self-identified as Nazarenes (hence "Jesus of Nazareth" - Nazareth being the name of a community, not a town), they also sometimes in the Gospels and in the book of Acts identify as followers of "The Way".

Otherwise, Christians taking on that slur as their actual self-identification later on in their history around the 2nd and 3rd centuries, though even then at that time many of their sects didn't in a uniform manner until the Catholic Church came along.
Part of this shift from it being a slur to being self-identification came from the concept of a maytr in their consciousness. In the Christian ethic around that time, inspired by Jesus' death the concept of dying for one's faith became a noble and righteous act, because for SOME period of time back then (not long though) they were a persecuted minority.

The name Christian was given by God Himself according to (Isa.62:2).

Nova2216 said:

The name Christian was given by God Himself according to (Isa.62:2).

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Isaiah 62:4 tells what 62:2 is referring to:

"You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My delight is in her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married."

lostwanderingsoul said:

What verse in Acts 10 says that the kingdom and the church are the same thing?

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(Mt.16:18,19) uses the words church and kingdom interchangeably.

Some were placed into the church in (Acts 2:38,47).

Some were also placed into the kingdom (in the first century) according to (Col.1:13).

Some were placed into the body (1Cor.12:13).

Some were baptized into Christ (Gal.3:27) (Rom.6:3,4) (Acts 10:47,48).


Being in The Church / Being in The Kingdom / Being in The Body / Being In Christ - All mean the same thing (Being Saved).

That the keys are those to the kingdom of heaven and that Peter’s exercise of authority in the church on earth will be confirmed in heaven show an intimate connection between, but not an identification of, the church and the kingdom of heaven.

Nova2216 said:

The name Christian was given by God Himself according to (Isa.62:2).

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Unjustifiable nonsense.

Terry Sampson said:

Unjustifiable nonsense.

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Seems like it. One verse lifted out of context into some other realm that apparently nobody else understands.

Nova2216 said:

Why were the children of God under the New Testament called Christians?

It was prophesied in (Isa.62:2).

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

The Gentiles seen the righteousness of God by entering the kingdom (the church) in (Acts 10).

In the very next chapter the Lord gave His people a new name.

Ac 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.

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I heard it was intended as an insult
after all.....believing a dead Carpenter had come back to life
but didn't continue here long enough to show EVERYONE

so.....only a few.....then a few more

and then the word Christian was coined to point fingers at people
who can believe such a thing

Nova2216 said:

(Mt.16:18,19) uses the words church and kingdom interchangeably.

Some were placed into the church in (Acts 2:38,47).

Some were also placed into the kingdom (in the first century) according to (Col.1:13).

Some were placed into the body (1Cor.12:13).

Some were baptized into Christ (Gal.3:27) (Rom.6:3,4) (Acts 10:47,48).


Being in The Church / Being in The Kingdom / Being in The Body / Being In Christ - All mean the same thing (Being Saved).

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Some sick people could be placed in a hospital. Some could be placed in a nursing home. That does not mean they are the same thing. No verse says that the church and the kingdom are the same thing. Just because you think it does is not proof. I need a specific verse that says the church and the kingdom are the same. Do you have one? I can answer for you. No.

Nova2216 said:

The name Christian was given by God Himself according to (Isa.62:2).

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I would like to see your Bible. Isa 62:2 does not use the word Christian. It just says they will be called a new name. Maybe that name is Baptists or Catholics, or Muslims. You have an interesting way of saying the scriptures say things that they do not really say.

lostwanderingsoul said:

I would like to see your Bible. Isa 62:2 does not use the word Christian. It just says they will be called a new name. Maybe that name is Baptists or Catholics, or Muslims. You have an interesting way of saying the scriptures say things that they do not really say.

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(Isa.62:2) tells us WHEN God would give them a name.

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness (this tells us WHEN)

This happened in (Acts 10).

In the very next chapter the Lord gave His people a name (Christians - Acts 11 :26).

The prophecy in (Isa.62:2) does not give the name.

It told those in OT times WHEN it would be fulfilled.

lostwanderingsoul said:

Some sick people could be placed in a hospital. Some could be placed in a nursing home. That does not mean they are the same thing. No verse says that the church and the kingdom are the same thing. Just because you think it does is not proof. I need a specific verse that says the church and the kingdom are the same. Do you have one? I can answer for you. No.

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The bible teaches by implication at times.

In (Mt.16:18,19) Jesus mentions the church and the kingdom.

The Lord then says He will give the KEYS to the kingdom to Peter.

Peter uses those KEYS (words) in (Acts 2:38,47) and the Lord to added those who obeyed vs 38 to THE CHURCH.

In (Acts 2:47) some were added to the church. (in the first century)

In (Col.1:13) some were placed into the kingdom. (in the first century)

lostwanderingsoul said:

Some sick people could be placed in a hospital. Some could be placed in a nursing home. That does not mean they are the same thing. No verse says that the church and the kingdom are the same thing. Just because you think it does is not proof. I need a specific verse that says the church and the kingdom are the same. Do you have one? I can answer for you. No.

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It is real difficult to compare the literal to the spiritual.

The kingdom is spiritual.

The kingdom is within you. (Luke 17:21)

My kingdom is not of this world if it were my servants would fight (Jn 18:36)

Nova2216 said:

Why were the children of God under the New Testament called Christians?

It was prophesied in (Isa.62:2).

Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

The Gentiles seen the righteousness of God by entering the kingdom (the church) in (Acts 10).

In the very next chapter the Lord gave His people a new name.

Ac 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.

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Yet another example of Christians seeing things in the Tanakh which arent there.

This indicatesthat the Children of Israel would be called by a different name (Jew?) . It says nothing about a Gentile religion.