{"id":54746,"date":"2025-11-13T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=54746"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:21:27","slug":"what-is-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/what-is-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4ec0\u4e48\u662f\u57fa\u7763\u5f92\uff1f\u542b\u4e49\u3001\u4fe1\u4ef0\u4ee5\u53ca\u5982\u4f55\u6210\u4e3a\u57fa\u7763\u5f92"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A Christian is someone who follows Jesus Christ, trusting him as Savior and Lord. The word comes from the Greek Christianos, &quot;a follower of Christ,&quot; and the Bible records where it began: &quot;the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch&quot; (Acts 11:26). What does the word &quot;Christian&quot; mean? Christianos is built on Christos, the Greek word for &quot;anointed.&quot; The Greek Old Testament, the Septuagint, used Christos to translate the Hebrew mashiach, &quot;anointed one,&quot; which English spells Messiah. The Gospel of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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