Many of you know that I’ve often spoken about the difference between being a Christian and being a Christ-follower. Many people call themselves Christian but follow Christ about as closely as the Amish follow WiFi hotspots. There’s a big difference between “wearing the label” and “actually following Christ”.
Well, much to my amusement the Community Christian Church has made a collection of videos to illustrate this point in the genre of the lovable Mac vs. PC commercials.
Now, as much as I’d like to think that people can take a joke and have a little fun, a cursory Google search revealed that dissension surrounds these videos within the “Christian” community. While many, like myself, get a big kick out of the clever and humorous way the actors make their point using a current, relevant spoof… others of the more “traditional” folk who fervently embrace their Christian label think that these videos send a dangerous message and are deceptive. What?!? Are you friggin’ serious?
Enjoy! 
I'm a Christ-follower, compelled by my faith toward reason, which points directly toward conservatism. This world's daily onslaught of lunacy offends my intellect and senses, so this is my venue to blow off steam.
Those are pretty good…
there’s a lot of people that believe simply by being an American that makes you a Christian….
If you like those ones… you should check out the one they did for the holidays.
It’s called ‘Reconsilosec’… Totally LYAO.
I hadn’t seen these videos before… really funny. Thanks for keeping me current, negative99.com. Yeah!
It funny thought how even the term Christ-follower can become a label. You can see my thoughts on those videos at the following link… http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8ab3e32caeaaecf43355
I think that there should be no difference between a Christian and a Christ follower. However, many ‘Christians’ are not Christ followers. We all no this topic well. So, I am not one to run to a site that is labeled with Christ, God or whatever. But i will associate with Christians and Christ followers. With all of this said, i found a Christian video site that is super fast and only labels itself as being clean. I have found the vids that to be very good. have a look u guys: VideoPile.com
I believe that Christianity, the religion that took its name form Jesus the Christ, every few years tries to re-define itself to justify its non Christ (anointed) behavior. Someone within the membership of the huge religion gets convicted that Christianity is not producing anywhere near what Jesus the Christ did. And like so many other human beings, instead of working on changing themselves first to conform to the new truth they were convicted on…they start trying to change others or at least convict others to abide by THEIR new truth. This is made much easier by giving the new truth a title, usually a title loftier than what they are wanting to divide from. Today it has been given the title “Christ Follower”. Knowing that Christianity has and is, failing big time, this is their attempt at changing it. A very futile attempt I might add. Just as Christianity, instead of following the teaching of Christ, instead, follows MAN’S CONCEPT of the teachings of the Christ. And likewise, as all the other new truth break aways from Christianity, is following MAN CONCEPT. This has never worked and it never will. As Jesus said, “God is spirit and you must worship him in spirit and tin ruth”. And as he told the woman at the well, “There is coming a time and now is when you will no longer worhip God in the mountains nor in Jeruselem (the temple) but you will worship Him in spirit and truth.” I need to make a formal announcement to all you sweet and well intended Christians and Christ Followers, (the names being the only difference between the two) “Now hear this, Jesus has left the building! As a matter of fact, He left it over 2000 years ago.” If one is truly following what Christ did on earth and his teachings, I would have to ask them a few questions to confirm this proclamation of their following the Anointed one. have you forsaken EVEYTHING for him? Do you love Him more than every single member of your family, including your children? Are you absolutly positive that you can turn your other cheek after you are punched in the face, in the HEART? Are you totally unconcerned as to who becomes president of the U.S. because you know that GOD is in control of all (“Give unto Ceasar what is Ceasars and give unto GOD what is Gods”)? Are you free of lust, greed, selfishness, envy, coveting, etc.? Have you completely stopped judgment of your neighbor and realized that you can never throw the first stone…at anyone? Do you carry your cross like He told us to or do you just wear one (symbolism over substance)? Have you discovered that you have to become a church instead of going to one? Have you been convicted that His ways REALLY are NOT our ways and that His ways truly are higher than our ways? If you can not answer “yes” to these questions, you are not even close to where a follower of the teachings of Jesus the Christ is to be, which is, “In the world but not of the world. And you are plainly following man’s concept of HIS teachings and not those of The Christ. If there were truly as many anointed ones (Christians) as their membership numbers suggest…the whole universe would feel it! Look what Jesus and even other enlightened individuals accomplished all by themselves. Follower of Chist is just another division. Paul told the church at Corinth he had to feed them milk and not meat (deep things of GOD) because of DIVISION. Paul only mentioned four divisions, Paul, Cephus, Apollos, and Christ. I believe I read somewhere that there are 960 divisions of Christianity in the U.S.! If you can’t get the deep things with only four divisions…………
The advent of DNA has proven how uniquely individual we are, one from the other. The bible points this out even better, He knows the number of hairs on your head Not a forensic scientist in the world can tell you that. Our relationship with the Father has to be conducted on an individual and personal basis just like Jesus tried to show us. A relationship just like the one He had/has with the Father. Paul told us that for three years he was not around chief apostle or deciple, he got it all from the Lord! On an individual and personal basis! Guess what? Paul put his pants on just like the rest of us! We all were preordained and predestined….there’s proof of that DNA thing again. Please, everyone guit trying to redefine Christianity, realize it is MAN’S church, was never intended to replace our personal one on one relationship with the Father…as it so has. You are the church as an individual first, not as a group first…this is how one is to learn real faith. It truly is a VERY narrow and difficult gate to enter to follow the anointed one and become likewise. To truly follow we must press toward the mark…the mind of Christ. The ones that make it through the gate are the “some” He spoke of when He said, “Some of you standing here will see the Kingdom of God BEFORE you taste of death.” That “some” would be the ones that were able to die to self enough to become spiritual enough to recieve the mind of Christ (anointed one) and enter the Kingdom of God before dying. The Kingdom of God is awaiting each one of us on the inside of each one of us…just as Jesus told us. May God, It truly is a narrow gate to enter when we have the faith to seperate ourselves from the crowd, Christianity, etc., and step out of the box and develop one’s very personal relationship with the Father! May The Infinite Father of Life bless and keep you all.
@ steve “LOVE LIFE” fugate.
nice lecture, took me…5 minites of class time to read it.
About the topic:
I bileve that crisianty is ok but when the pastors or fallowers take it to certain extents, then i start thinking its a load.
so 4 the sake of humanity I ,gladiator, declare that…
its just an religon, get the f$#k over it.
im out, so please if you have ANY complaints please, leave a coment.
I have seen those videos on godtube (I guess the website name is changed now).
It is sad that we have to distinguish between ‘Christian’ and ‘Christ-Follower’. It wasn’t true for first century church though, they were called ‘Christians’ because they were following Christ.
First let me say, these videos are awesome, thank you for making them accessible to all, nevertheless, with that said, I would like to echo a actuality that is before us … “Every person’s perception is his/her reality” … in other words, most of us are guilty of self-worship (what do I mean by self-worship?) Well I mean, most of us are victims to our own deceptive thinking (“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9), most of us think just because we believe something, in some strange way it must be right, many people say, I believe in God, however when they begin utter what they think about their god, it becomes very clear that their god is not the same God of the Bible, even though they may identify their god by many of the biblical names mentioned in the Bible. They may even identify their god as Jesus Christ. Jesus’ own words confirm that many are deceived in His name, (Matthew.7:21 “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity”). There are many people who are self deceived in the world today, thinking themselves to be something they are not, this can be clearly seen also in Galatians.6:3, “For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.” Just because something is real to us in our minds, it doesn’t necessarily make it true or right, unless there is Un-opinionated Bible to support it, otherwise it is wrong. This explains Christ’s words admonishing us to search the Scriptures to confirm rather or not our salvation is based on what we think about Jesus Christ or what the Bible actually reveals about HIM concerning the question of salvation, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me …” John5:39.The thing that I love most about the holy Bible, is that it speaks for itself apart from what we think or feel very strongly about. It is sad to say, but it must be said, ‘it is not what the Bible actually says that serve to divide us, but what we think the Bible is saying, that is the realism that divides us.’ These videos really do hit the nail on the head regarding a reality that has been, and is, and always will be until Jesus return to set things in order. And at that particular time Christ will separate the sheep from the goats, the wheat from the tars. Until than most people are stumbling around in their on unreliable, always changing, defective thinking, thinking themselves to be right when they are actually deluded. As Wisdom teaches us, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” Proverbs.16:15
Thanks again for the videos and keep up the good work.
Respectfully,Samuel(a believer) in Jesus Christ only and not anything else
@Samuel
Some good thoughts! Thanks for stopping by.
I agree in principle that many people grab the Christian label but forget the teachings of christ.
This video may cross the line, by feeding the ‘ego’ of those who feel agree, making them feel good about themselves at the expense of others and their beliefs.
The argument was sound, and it is funny, but I’m not sure it’s not being hypocritical. We need to be aware that we do not become the very thing we ridicule.
I also have to say that “Christian” and “Christ Follower” are both labels. They do not accurately describe a faith. Faith is personal. I know many “christians” who are nothing like the guy on the left, and I know many people who ‘follow Christ’ who do not believe in the divinity of Christ.
The point is, I do NOT like labels, liberal/conservative or christian/christ follower. Where is the positive in this?
When I first heard the term Christ follower, I thought “hey, that may be me”, but in reading more on it, I just see the same thing, just packages differently.
the american identity is directly related to being christian but a complete antithesis to being a christ follower. from a very young age, everything in an american’s life is focused on the individual, it is a very self centered mentality. most americans believe that they have already been saved by christ and therefore need not do good in life, because it is all about them, and in their minds they deserve to reach heaven. whereas in europe, the majority of people believe they must work and suffer in life to reach salvation. in america, each person is their own deity simply because the culture teaches them to be so self involved.
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