What is a Christian by Stuart Allen

Posted by Brother Marvs

If this question was addressed to six people it is possible that six different answers would be given: one might say he is a good living man, another that he is a member of a church or chapel, or that he is a person who does charitable work in aiding needy people, and so on. Let us look at the word `Christian’ again, and suppose we pronounce it differently, calling it CHRISTian, it will remind us that such a person has some relationship to Christ in the first place.

If we ask in what way, we shall be wise if we turn to His own divine statements and give them serious consideration. The answer to our question is not to be found in the various opinions which come from the human mind; these will only lead us into error and disillusionment. What more reasonable than that we should turn to the `fountain head’ Himself? Why did Christ come to this world of ours? These are His own words:

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