Being Christlike Versus Simply Identifying as a Christian

The believers in Antioch were first called Christians because their conduct, speech and daily lives reflected Christ. The name described what people saw in them, not merely their membership of a religion. Did Jesus, Paul, Peter, James or John present Christianity as a new religion? Jesus said He came to fulfil the law. Yet many Christians teach that the law is dead. Is there a difference between being Christlike and simply identifying as an adherent of Christianity? Where does the word “Christianity” appear in the Bible?

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