Are you following Jesus? #34

Well let's wrap up this study of following Jesus today. What does a church that is following Jesus look like? Well let's state what it is not first:



Not a building, or a program, or a bunch of activities. It is a group of devoted individuals who have surrendered their lives completely to Jesus and thus are serving Him with their lives by loving people, meeting their needs, and sharing the gospel. This is the church. All the church is involved, not just a select few. Is this your church? Is this you?



The world is full of lost sinners on their way to hell...you know who stands in the gap with the only option to save them? Me and YOU! It would be like a doctor with the cure for cancer but never sharing it with anyone....craziness! What are we doing? So where do we begin?



"GO"!!!



The bible doesn't talk about us building a place for people to come to us, it says we are to go to them? All of us are to be doing this.



Matthew 28:18-20

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go there and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.



The gospel is spread by followers of Christ not just a few preachers but all the church shared the gospel even though they were told time and time again not too! On a daily basis folks came to Jesus. They were abandon for the cause of Christ, it was not a choice, it was a command to obey and spread the gospel. The same applies to us!



The way we share the gospel is in everyday living. At work, at the ball field, at the coffee shop, any where we are we talk about Jesus! Think about it...we talk about everything else under the sun like the weather, your favorite ball team, the news, ect., why are we not talking about the most important man of all time...Jesus??? It don't make sense! Learn to sew into your everyday conversations!



Is there anything in our life that could be more thrilling then leading a lost soul to Jesus??? Redeeming a lost soul from hell? I mean seriously? No way! What an awesome thing to be a part of! And God lets us!



Also remember as a follower we are to be imitators of Jesus at all times. So others will want to imitate us as we imitate Christ! BE a GOOD EXAMPLE! Do not be hypocrites!





1 Thessalonians 1:5-6



5 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

6 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,



1 Corinthians 11:1



Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.



So what are you going to do church as a follower of Jesus? You have the information, you have the time, and God has given you the ability to follow Jesus or to follow the world. Really there is no in between? It is your choice.



Follow Jesus, He is the answer to everything and you will never regret it!



Tom