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How to Follow Jesus
What does it mean to follow Christ
It is not just interested.
It is not I like that it appeals to me.
IT is not pick and choose.
IT doesn't mean watch me.
Be entertained by me.
It does not mean admire me.
It does not mean name dropping.
It does not mean watching other people follow him and wear their colors.
It does not mean on social media.
I follow Jesus
This word follow is like this.
An athlete that is signing up for training.
It is a apprentice.
Here to learn a trade
Teacher and a disciple.
Military poster You James Montgomery Flagg
Believe me five times follow me 20
He did not say pray this prayer.
HE said follow me and that assumed the belief.
And predicted the prayer
Not looking for believe in him like you believe in Abraham Lincoln but to follow him be devoted to him.
IT has more to do with how you spend your life than it does with a fire insurance policy
Easy to say I follow him but we can complicated it we can make it vage
Here is a story of a man that gives us an example of what it means to follow Christ.
And how to do it.
The only reason his life mattered was he followed Christ .
There were a thousand publicans that day in israel but we know one by name.
The rest are buried and forgotten.
Their lives amounted to nothing.
The only way you will matter is you will follow Jesus.
Say I am a carpenter.
So were the men that built this church they are dead and f they did not live for Christ their life did not matter.
Beer cans and cigarette packs in the soil under this church from the carpenters that did not follow christ.
I am a doctor the doctors of yesteryear are all dead with their patients they saved no one.
But the doctors that lived for Christ.
Martyn Lloyd Jones , Engineers buildings are destroyed and their clients are homeless in the flames, Lawyer of yesteryear their clients were freed from jail only to fry in hell.
But finney made a difference because he lived for Christ.
IF I have another child you pray with me about that anniversary today name him grandison.
Only one life will soon be past only what is done for Christ will last.
So how do I follow ?
Seize the opportunity vs 14
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.
And he arose and followed him.
The opportunity is
It is subtle (unexpected )
HE was not expecting this on that day.
He is sitting at the receipt of customs just doing his Job.
He has made no journey to find Christ.
HE was not looking for him.
What's your name what going on with your job what do you owe
writing receipts figuring up how much they owed and billing them writing it in his register.
Collecting money enduring the glare from mad taxpayers.
That morning there was not a thought of Christ on his mind.
He was interrupted By Christ
He found something better than what he was doing.
All his plans changed because he got interrupted.
He was presented with an opportunity and he took it.
And if you ever follow Christ you must seize the opportunity
It so subtle
Imagine hime follow me great multitude
Me you talking to me yes come follow me.
THe opportunity is sudden
it is sudden
Now
Like a bolt out of the sky now
Maybe you are like Mathew you just sitting there with the crowd you were not expecting today to be interrupted but you realize this it is now it is now or never.
Right now he is calling
Jesus is tenderly calling you home—
Calling today, calling today,
Why from the sunshine of love will you roam
Farther and farther away?
Calling today, calling today,
Jesus is calling, is tenderly calling today.
Today is the day of salvation it was for Matthew and it was also the day of service
Suddenly he was aware he is calling me he is bidding me.
TOday now.
It is subsiding
And as he passed by
He never stopped
He passing
Listen Jesus is on the move and if you sit still he go on down the road and get someone that is willing to go.
HE is not waiting on the hesitation or the procrastinator.
Only one chance and it is all gone.
The chance to follow christi is subsiding the day is drawing to a close and he is going yonder.
The evil days are coming
Ecc_12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
One day when you lay dying you will see clearly the veil will be lifted.
Couple things lift that lethargy , that complacency , Go good scare will do it.
Car wreck but it is short lived.
3 people crying weeping almost died.
Short lived.
Sickness but by time get weak enough usually to late.
Health scare
Seen big mean men holding their daughters hands saying I am sorry I love you being just a sweet as sugar.
It will break you and with that breaking will come the realization I blew it.
So sad to see the realization hit when it is to late
Jesus is passing.
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