It is written, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is...1 John 3:2..but despite this word, which further reveals that being a son of God comes from a change in our internal spiritual nature (as he is). The believers have ccept the label that comes from, the world..the word Christian has become such an integral part of worldly society, that many believe that being a son of God and a Christian have the same meaning. But as we go into the word of God, it would become clear that this comparison has been a conspiracy to rob us of the power that comes from being in Christ...the word Christian appears three times in the New Testament...Acts 11:26; Acts 26: 28 and 1Peter 4:16. It must be understood that in these instances, Christian was not the word used by the 1st Century Jews, the word only came into existence in 1611, when King James changed the language of the Bible into English. The word used by Peter and Dr. Luke was "Christos" and the word used in the Jewish tongue was "Messianic" we can check this when we look at the Complete Jewish Bible..."But if anyone suffers for being Messianic let him not be ashamed, but let him bring glory to God by the way he bears this name..1 Peter 4:16 CJB. Take note in the Jewish version Messianic is referred to the name of Christ..which means the spirit and the character by which the Messiah lived and had His being. So that Messianic is a true reflection of the Spirit of Christ. But this all changed when Christian was inserted in the place what it meant to live as a Son of God. We will explore this change in Part Three.
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