Waswe, Evriwan wea Sei Olketa Christian, Olketa Tru Christian?
HAOMAS Christian nao stap long full world? Datfala buk Atlas of Global Christianity sei long year 2010, klosap 2.3 billion Christian nao stap long world. Datfala buk hem sei tu, olketa Christian hia stap long winim 41,000 religion, and evriwan garem difren teaching and olketa acceptim difren standard saed long wanem hem stret and no stret. Diswan mekem samfala for konfius and les for go long church. Maet olketa ting olsem, ‘Waswe, evriwan wea sei olketa Christian, olketa tru Christian?’
Tingim disfala example. Taem wanfala man kasem nara kantri, hem mas talem long immigration hem bilong wanem kantri. Then hem mas showim passport bilong hem for pruvim samting wea hem talem hem tru. Wanfala tru Christian mas olsem tu. Hem no talem nomoa hem man wea followim Christ, bat hem mas duim samting for showimaot datwan. Wanem nao hem mas duim?
Firstaem wea olketa iusim datfala nem “Christian,” hem bihaen long year 44 C.E. Disaepol Luke hem sei: “Long Antioch nao olketa disaepol kasem datfala nem Christian.” (Acts 11:26) So olketa wea garem datfala nem Christian hem olketa disaepol bilong Christ. Wanem nao man mas duim for showimaot hem disaepol bilong Jesus Christ? The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology hem sei: ‘Wanfala disaepol hem man wea barava iusim laef bilong hem for followim Jesus, and hem duim datwan for full laef bilong hem.’ From Jesus nao startim Christian religion, wanfala tru Christian mas barava followim olketa teaching bilong Jesus and duim wanem hem talem.
Waswe, iumi savve faendem eniwan long olketa wea sei olketa Christian wea barava followim teaching bilong Jesus and duim wanem hem talem? Wanem nao Jesus sei bae showimaot man hem tru Christian? Mifala laekem iu for lukim ansa from Bible for olketa kwestin hia. Olketa article bihaen diswan bae showimaot hu nao olketa tru Christian wea duim faevfala samting wea Jesus talem. Bae iumi lukim wanem olketa Christian long first century duim wea showimaot olketa tru Christian. And bae iumi lukim tu hu long olketa wea sei olketa Christian distaem nao duim samting wea showimaot olketa tru Christian.