Hello I am a Christ follower

I think since you work in an office environment, you are equating all "work environments" with yours. I don't need to shave where I work. I could wear sweats, too, if I wanted. For the self employed, you can work in your underwear...for the construction worker, ripped up jeans is in order, for the professional football player, helmet and shoulder pads are required, etc.
What one wears while gathered with other Christians to worship God is really a moot point. A lack of suit and tie doesn't equal disrespect, nor does wearing a suit and tie equal being a pharisee. It's the attitude behind both that counts, not what is worn.

 

So what then do you think seperates the two, a mere christian from a 'Christ follower'?
We can't say either one was right about their approach, nor was either one right or wrong about which clothing they chose to wear.

 

My husband works in concrete factory, he makes those big flower pots and fountains, and statues out of cement. They get dirty and grimy, oil and concrete stuck all over them, they wear whatever, and shave if they want too. It's an extememly hot and heavy job, no one worries about what they wear. Our whole area is very casual in dress, the only people who dress up regularly are those who are professionals or work in offices, and even there some wear jeans and tennis shoes. I guess it depends on the culture you live in, and in some cases, the one you chose for yourself.

 

Thats what I've been seeing, drawing a line, between those who feel moe spiritual and those they deem not as spiritual. We've seen it here before, there being a difference between regular christians and 'Christ followers'.
The bible calls us Christians.

 

At the end of the video it says "Christian no more". What is the point of that?

 

Here is an interesting take. Go back and read some of the comments left by Christians and anti-Christians alike.

That was an eye opener.

 

It doesn't matter what people think of a christian as being(for this topic I mean), what matters is what does the bible say. we can not change what the bible says according to how our society sees it. You said, the bible calls 'Christ followers' christians, then we're called christians by God.

 

I am not sure the Bible does call us "Christians." Doesn't it just say "They were called Christians first at Antioch." ? The Bible calls us "disciples," "believers," etc.

On the dress issue, I think dress is just like any other form of etiquette. It is about how one behaves vis-a-vis community standards. If some of you live in a culture where sweats are considered polite dress, then that is different. Where I live it would be considered hard on other folks' eyeballs (and therefore disrespectful) to go to church dressed that casually, that's all I meant. I didn't know other places did that.

Okay, I checked and in the KJV at least, there are only three instances of the word "Christian."

Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

Acts 26:28
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

1 Peter 4:16
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.​

There are 255 instances of the term "disciples/s".

 

God is the author of the bible, and it says we are christians. If He didn't want it in there it wouldn't be there.

 

I agree that the term "Christian" is scriptural, Donna. Would you agree that the term "disciple" is preferable?

 

I like disciple better then 'Christ follower'.

 

Tim, 'Christ follower' may oly mean those who follow Christ. But in this video it was used to seperate christians, some are ebtter christians then others, theh here on the board some were called pharisees, depending on their dress.
Thats where my problem is.
And what did they mean at the end, 'christian no more'?

 

These videos were done for their service. Christian no more probably was the title of their series. From their website, it looks like their titles are similar.

I would imagine that if we listened to the series these videos went with, it would make more sense.

Jamie

I just went to their website and found this. It's the blurb they put up on they site before this series started:

On Sunday, October 15, we’ll introduce for the first time publicly an opportunity to help the next 5,000 people find their way back to God! We’re calling this opportunity NEXT which begins with a much-needed expansion to our Naperville – Yellow Box facility and continues with every existing location reproducing within the next five years. As you can see from the pictures, the expansion in Naperville is underway but far from complete.
We’ll explore what it means to be a part of NEXT in the series we’re calling Christian No More. In this series we’ll shatter the myths about what it means to be “Christian” and set our sights on following Christ as we reach the next 5,000 people. I hope you’ll join us for what’s NEXT!

 

To me it seemed to make a statement something like "We are not just going to be denominational Christians" or "just mere Christians in name only. " "We are going to be true Christ followers." That's my interpretation, not necessarily theirs.

 

to me it was saying the suited guy was less of a christian because he looked different.