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Intro
We are in the middle of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting.
What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus?
If you ask 100 people, you will get a 100 different answers.
Why is that?
We are living in a culture today where following is based on personal convenience instead of personal conviction.
Social Media - if you click follow you see what is going on in their lives.
If you follow the wrong person, they will fill up your feed.
That’s the mentality of following today.
if you don’t want to follow someone you simply unfollow them.
Today, we will find out that following is much more than that.
LW we sang have decided to follow Jesus.
Song - I have decided to follow Jesus.
India 200 years ago.
Hindu Family that converted to Christianity.
It was a capital offense to become a Christian.
The father, Asam was brought out in front of the village and told to renounce Jesus.
He said out loud, I have decided to follow Jesus.
They said you don’t understand and they executed his wife in front of him.
He responded… no turning back, no turning back.
As they killed him, he said, the world behind me, the cross before me.
That takes following Jesus to a whole new level.
so I will ask you again, What does it mean to you to be a follower of Jesus?
Today we will look at what Jesus said about what it means to follow him.
IOW, this is an important decision.
We have people at different places of following.
We need to take following the Lord seriously.
Keep going after God with all you can do, and you will find real life.
Culture says if you want to find life, live it up.
God says, figure out how to make the most of this life by following Jesus and you will have eternal life.
Luke adds a word.
I have Decided to Follow Jesus
Where ever you are in the following journey, take the next steps.
If you do this, you will find your life.
RW came up with the steps of following.
Crowd: Come and see
The first appeal Jesus made was to the crowd.
Come and see.
Sunday services are that way.
Jesus first said to Peter… follow me.
Then Jesus filled his boat with fish.
Congregation: Come and join us
If you like what you see, come be a part of our church.
We want you to feel welcome to join us and be part of what we are doing.
We are going to launch small groups a little later than we wanted … flus and COVID
Committed: Come and grow
People who want more.
They want to grow.
Salvation is not the end, it’s the beginning.
Maybe a Ladies Group… Mens’ group… Marriage group… parenting… financial… Maybe you need to commit to reading the bible every day.
Start the 21 Days now…
Core: Come and serve
You are not just coming to grow, but now you want to serve.
Kids ministry… run a camera… greet… Serve Day…
You won’t know until you check it out.
Join what I want to call the Dream Team.
Ultimately, we want you to be at the
Commissioned: Come and die to my self
I am at the point of I am going to serve God every day of my life in every area of my life.
You are somewhere on this process.
Fidn where you are on this process, and do the next thing, you will have the best year of your life.
We are giving you the opportunity to go
From No Commitment to Total Commitment
From a Consumer to a Contributor
From Savior to Lord
From what God can do for me to what I can do for God.
My job is for me to help you in this journey.
First Step
The firs thing people in the bible did when they gave their heart ot Jesus, was they were baptized.
I was baptized as a baby.
Not taking anything away from that, but those were more dedicatory and not decision based.
believer’s Baptism is a decision based action you take.
All of the baptism in scripture were post decision.
That’s why we dedicate babies, and baptized believers.
Next week, we will hod a baptism.
If you have chosen to follow Jesus and have not been baptized, next week is your week.
Three Reasons to take the Next Step
1.
We need to follow the example set by Jesus
Jesus got baptized and he didn’t need to.
Baptism shows we have been forgive for our sins… Jesus never sinned.
Wedding band illustration - means I belong to someone.
It doesn’t make me married, it just shows that I am married.
Jesus said that Baptism is the wedding ring of Christianity.
Look what John said,
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We need to demonstrate Our changed lives
IOW, wear the wedding band.
The water is not magical, it’s the wedding band.
It shows that we have been saved by what Jesus did.
3. We need to declare our commitment publicly
Big deal with God.
He wants us to follow him and not be ashamed.
The degree he went to of us, he wants us to go for him.
Jesus says we are a light.
You don’t not wear your wedding ring to show we are married.
We are baptized after deciding to follow Christ.
If you are willing to tell Jesus, I have decided to follow You… check off that Baptism box and come ready to get Baptized next week.
21 Days of Prayer & Fasting January 9-23, 2022
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