MaxInDHouse:


My comments is not for atheists Sir but those having faith in God's word.
When Jesus of Nazareth told his audience that the Elijah they're expecting is John the baptist there's nowhere the name John was written in the Bible even the name Jesus wasn't the one they're expecting as the Messiah but it's these two individuals that fulfilled both the expected Messiah and Elijah.

So it's from 1914 that what Jesus foretold about his presence began unfolding {Matthew 24:3-14} only faithful individuals who love God's word will correlate the event and the time it's happening unlike you who is expecting to see the date written in black and white!

Broveens42:




Lol.. there is a distinction actually but the thing is, none of the terminologies concerns us

In the literature, 'born again' are just a clique expected to keep the commandments , while Christian was a name approved by CAC in Antioch

MaxInDHouse:


Misconstrueing ANTICIPATION for PROPHECIES!

What a pity?

My guy, all these are anticipations of God's promises not prophecies, just as faithful people always do! Matthew 11:3; Act 1:6

From time immemorial faithful servants of God have always ANTICIPATE God's promises and it's fulfilments. The mistakes they're making is TEACHINGS that came from pagan sources like HellFire, Immorality of the soul, birthdays and other pagan traditions not their anticipation of God's promises.

For your information it's God Himself who told us to CONTINUE ANTICIPATING His promises! Habakkuk 2:3

May you have PEACE!

charlesditro:
Born again is a title and God is not interested in titles. I can't speak for God but its strongly assured in my heart that God only cares about people who care about him through their actions and decisions. So righteousness supercedes any title. It's consistent, deliberate, committed and intentional motives to be just within yourself without approval. Obidient is better than sacrifice.

IrepChrist:
Thanks for your analysis.

IrepChrist:
Today being called a Christian has been underated. A born again Christian is an emphasy on our Christlike nature. If truly we are genuine there should be no difference.

Maynman:


It was agrippa ll that called them “Chrestian” in Antioch as a mockery.

KnownUnknown:
Like Super Jew is written to have said to Nicodemus, “being born again is like the wind. No one knows where it comes from or where it goes”. Prime bullshit from the mind of some charlatan.

paxonel:
born again or Christian or whatever, no difference.
So long they all believe in Christ.

Mike008:


Verse please

VULCAN:
What I have always found fascinating is that you rarely find Christians gathering around Atheists online to tell them they are wrong.

Maybe one or two on occasion but never en masse

But Atheists ehh, they are so idle and without self esteem that they always throng where Christians gather. They can't help but bulldoze their way into online gatherings of Christians and spend emotional energy attacking them. They will be frothing at the mouth like asylum dwellers. Lollz

I didn't understand why this was for a very long time but I later realised that The Light is attractive even to those that deny it's glow. Lol

Atheists are very sad and unbalanced people.

One of the reasons I have no respect for them is that they avoid Muslims like the plague. Hahaha.

How come they find excitement in attacking Christianity but are completely dumb when it comes to Islam

Bloody cowards.

IrepChrist:
It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians,” Acts 11: 26.
This verse narrated the event that led to disciples being called after the likeness of Christ. Acts 11: 19-26 — It's a privilege that we believers today are called Christians because it emphasize our Christlike nature. Why are the disciples not referred to had born Christians?

Recently a prominent politician said I am a Christian but not born again. It sounds sarcastic. We should stop drawing lines between these nomenclature.

NNTR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgEThzL_v6g
Paul explains himself to King Agrippa (Acts 26)

Acts 26:24-29
'24While Paul was making this defense, Festus said loudly,
“Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great education is turning you toward madness.”
25But Paul replied, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent and noble Festus,
but [with a sound mind] I am uttering rational words of truth and reason.
26For [your majesty] the king understands these things,
and [therefore] I am also speaking to him with confidence and boldness,
since I am convinced that none of these things escape his notice;
for this has not been done in a corner [hidden from view, in secret].
27King Agrippa, do you believe the [writings of the] Prophets [their messages and words]? I know that you do.”
28Then Agrippa said to Paul,
“In a short time [and with so little effort] you [almost] persuade me to become a Christian.”
29And Paul replied,
“Whether in a short time or long, I wish to God that not only you,
but also all who hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”'

None of the early or biblical believers ever greeted each other as Christian nor openly or directly called each other Christians.

Jesus is not a Christian. None of the disciples were christians, none of the Apostles were christians. Interestingly the opportunity arose for Apostle Paul, to identity himself as a christian, in front of king Agrippa, but he didnt.

Apostle Paul actually sidestepped using the epithet word, Christian, that was contemptuously and dismissively used by King Agrippa, instead Apostle Paul said:
'I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains.'

Actually the reality about the word Christian is that it an unflattering social construct formulated by the people of Antioch.

Fast forward, Constantine jumped on to the unflattering social construct christian epithet word bandwagon, polished the christian turd word up and glamourised it for use by Christendom and all.

No true born again believer, just like Apostle Paul did will ever call themselves a christian, no matter how well sugar coated the word is presented.

cc Xlyad

_{Personal text: Jesus is not a theologian. He is God who told stories.}

drololaaof:

Not so sir you can be a Christian a nominal Christian but not being born again . A born again Christian after accepting Jesus Christ must reaccess his life to follow the tenets of christianity, fasting and praying ,payment of tithes and offerings, service to God and not to humanity, fear of God, obey his commandments, love your neighbour ,evangelize etc

paxonel:
born again or Christian or whatever, no difference.
So long they all believe in Christ.

And be mindful of this difference :

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

This implies that except a man is born of water and of the spirit..
To be born of water implies the water baptism of John the Baptist
To be born of the spirit implies being a disciples of Jesus at the time he was yet to be crucified.
All these is what Jesus meant by the term born again in John 3:3 and they happened during John the Baptist era and therefore have nothing to do with Christians.
Infact, Christians were first called Christians at Antioch after Jesus has been crucified, John the Baptist wasn't among

The bottom-line is, the word born again used by Jesus in John 3:3 isn't necessarily of Christianity but it was of John the Baptist

excel101:
No difference, because they're both Christian's, as the word implies.

IrepChrist:
It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians,” Acts 11: 26.
This verse narrated the event that led to disciples being called after the likeness of Christ. Acts 11: 19-26 — It's a privilege that we believers today are called Christians because it emphasize our Christlike nature. Why are the disciples not referred to had born Christians?

Recently a prominent politician said I am a Christian but not born again. It sounds sarcastic. We should stop drawing lines between these nomenclature.

jutan:
You can't be a Christian and not born again.

DSC7:

Oga that your 1914 reference no follow Abegggggg....
I stopped taking JW serious when they told me that God casted Lucifer out of heaven in the year 1914... And that Jesus wass crucified on a stake (long straight wood) instead of Cross...