Slave the Study GuideSlave the Study Guide WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHRISTIAN THE WAY FIRST CENTURY BELIEVERS DEFINED IT As followers of Jesus, we call ourselves Christians, but the fact is this word only appears three times in the Bible. In the New Testament, youll find a host of terms that identify the followers of Jesus, but there is one metaphor used more frequently than any other. Slave. Thats right. The first Christians, having been galvanized by the words of