Is there such a person as an "Erring Christian"

In the class tonight when a visitor asked "Is there such a person as an erring Christian?" he was told "No." I disagree.

On that subject we have corrupted the term Christian. Today it is meaningless. The United States is not nor has it ever been a Christian nation. A Christian nation would be a nation that followed Christ which this nation has never practiced. Christians are not sinless. Christian means a follower of Christ, a disciple of Christ. When someone is following Christ one may be referred to as Christian.  

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?  

The term Christian is much over used and has lost its meaning as used in the New Testament. Being immersed for the remission of sins does not make one a Christian. When one is a follower of Christ they are Christian. Followers of Christ are not sinless, they are erring.

Without learning there is no teaching. This would suggest we do not have any teachers for the adults at GSMCOC. Our classes are primarily intended to fill time and entertain the visitors. Our classes contribute to Bible illiteracy in the churches of Christ. And some who stand before us do not know how to stop.

Thanks, John Jenkins
865-803-8179  cell
Gatlinburg, TN

Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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