"Emile;
There are many people who do not put the Christian label on themselves that have accepted Christ and his sacrifice "
It is a label but the holy name the Lord has given his New Covenant people. No true Christian rejects the Word of God on this matter.
Alan Markoff has said "I am not a Christian, I am a Jew who accepts messiah." There is no basis for this new false doctrine of shame in identifying yourself with Jesus Christ and his Christian Church..
1 Pt.4:12-19
12 Dear friends, don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
13 Instead, be very glad-because these trials will make you partners with Christ in his suffering, and afterward you will have the wonderful joy of sharing his glory when it is displayed to all the world.
14Be happy if you are insulted for being a Christian, for then the glorious Spirit of God will come upon you.
15 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people's affairs.
16 But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his wonderful name!
17 For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin first among God's own children. And if even we Christians must be judged, what terrible fate awaits those who have never believed God's Good News?
Peter was not ashamed to be called a Christians, why are you ashamed Alan? Peter was a Jewish Aposlte and he called himself a Christian, but you say "I am not a Christian, I am a Jew...". |
