The term Christian has been corrupted. Today it is meaningless. Everyone is a Christian. A believer is not a Christian. Christian means a follower of Christ, a disciple of Christ.
In Galatians where Paul tells the story of Peter eating with the Gentiles when the Jews were not present and then refusing to eat with the Gentiles when the Jews were present was Peter no longer a disciple of Christ, a follower, a Christian? Or was he a disciple who was wrong in what he was doing? Was he an erring disciple of Christ?
When Paul told the believers in Rome: "I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate." was Paul admitting he was not a Christian? Or, was he just a Christian who was erring.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance says the three places where the word is translated Christian or Christians means "Follower of Christ." A Christian is a follower of Christ. Anyone not following the Christ is not Christian.
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