"Whoever serves Me must follow Me;
and where I am, My servant also will be.My Father will honor the one who serves Me."
John 12:26
When asked the question: “What does it mean to you to be a Christian?”, what is your response??
If it is that you are a follower of Christ or a disciple of Christ, then you are on the right
road. But I have a shocker for you. “You can’t be a follower of Christ unless you actually follow
Christ!” It is a simple statement but profound none the less. Early on in my scuba adventures, I
didn’t always do a good job of following my dive buddies and I found myself lost. (One of the top
scuba rules is to ALWAYS stay with your buddy.) The same thing happens in our walk with
Christ. If we turn away from Christ just for a moment, we can easily get lost. Again, you can’t be a
follower of Christ unless you actually follow Christ. We have just spent the last 30 weeks reading
through The Story, doing a synopsis, in order, of THE ENTIRE BIBLE, old and new testaments all
together. Through the process of going through The Story, I have been reminded of how very
clear the Bible is about how we should live, and how scripture is black and white with no grey area. So often, we want to ignore what the Bible tells us to do as well as ignore how Christ told us to
live. The truth is that we can’t be a follower of Christ and do whatever we want to. Just like when
I am diving, I can’t follow the group and also go off on my own. I’m either following the group, or
I’m not. I’m either following Christ in ALL that He says or I’m not following at all. It’s all or nothing.
If you have never surrendered to Christ or gone “All In” before, why not commit to Him and go all
in today?