What is a Christian?

Christian

 by Matt Slick
A Christian is someone who follows the teaching of Christianity, a monotheistic, Trinitarian religion which was founded by Jesus of Nazareth 2000 years ago in Israel.  Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of the coming Messiah, performed many miracles, and claimed to be divine.  After Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension, his followers continued the teaching ministry begun by him.
Basically, to be a Christian means to acknowledge who Jesus is, receive the atoning sacrifice, to repent of sin, and to try and live according to what the New Testament teaches.
The term Christian comes from the Greek cristianon (Christianon) and is found in Acts 11:26; 26:28, and 1 Pet. 4:16.  Cristianon is derived from the Greek cristos which means "Christ" or "anointed one" the equivalent of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ "Messiah".

What Would Jesus Do?

If you can remember, around year 2002 – 2003 I guess, blue magic (a gift store in the Philippines) are selling these bracelets with an acronym W.W.J.D. Its made of thick cloth about quarter of an inch wide. It is available in different colors: Black, white, blue, pink, green and etc.  I got a blue one.  During that time, I can see almost everyone wearing that bracelet. Maybe because it is the current trend or maybe this is also their personal motto. When I got that bracelet I would admit that it is combination of both. How I really wish they still sell those bracelet because nowhere in the Philippines I could find that kind of bracelet. Thank God, that one of the Christian bookstore here sells these kind of bracelet. Not a bracelet but a baller ID used by basketball players. Again, I got a blue one. 

Is it a sin to cuss / swear / curse?

Question: "Is it a sin to cuss / swear / curse?"

Answer: It is definitely a sin to swear (curse, cuss, etc.). The Bible makes this abundantly clear. Ephesians 4:29 tells us, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." First Peter 3:10 declares, "For, whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech." James 3:9-12 summarizes the issue: "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water."

Away from Temptation

We are all being tempted according to our weakness. First of all, let me just say that when we are tempted, it is not God who is tempting us but the enemy.  According to James 1:13 “When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.” The devil is the one who tempts us. He (satan)even tried to tempt Jesus but he failed.  (Matthew 4:1-11)

Imagine if satan have the guts to tempt Jesus, who are we to not be excused. Sad to say that we are his target. He wants us to sin against our God. Remember when he tempted Eve at the Garden of Eden?  When we fall to temptation, it will lead to sin. On the other hand, every temptation is an opportunity to do good.

Minced Oath

A friend of mine from  UK share this to me because while we are exchanging emails I've mentioned the word "Geez" so he told me that word is a spelling variation of the word "Jeez" which is used as profanity.

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A minced oath, also known as a pseudo-profanity, is an expression based on a profanity which has been altered to reduce or remove the disagreeable or objectionable characteristics of the original expression; for example, "gosh" used instead of "God," "darn" instead of "damn","heck" instead of "hell" and "freaking" instead of "f*ck*ng". Nearly all profanities have minced variants; the words that are most taboo give rise to the most.[1]