A Follower Of Jesus

When Jesus met Peter, James and John, they were on the shore cleaning their nets after a long night of fishing. Jesus used Peter’s boat to preach from. Afterwards He told Peter to let down his nets. Immediately his nets were full. In that moment Jesus called them to follow Him. When they arrived at the shore, the left everything behind. Peter confirmed they left everything in Mark 10:28. Following Jesus is about leaving the old life behind. It’s letting go of past beliefs and submitting to His teaching. To follow Him is embrace your new identity and new life. It’s not about trying to find a balance between who you want to be and who He wants you to be. When you follow Him, you take on His name and become a disciple, it includes commitment, imitation of Jesus, surrender and transformation. It’s time we all embraced more of what it means to follow Jesus.

Here are some Bible verses on following Jesus:

1. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

John 10:27 NKJV

2. Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

John 8:12 NKJV

3. Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]; and walk continually in love [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.

Ephesians 5:1-2 AMP

4. Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.

John 12:26 NLT

5. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If you truly want to follow me, you should at once completely reject and disown your own life. And you must be willing to share my cross and experience it as your own, as you continually surrender to my ways.”

Matthew 16:24 TPT

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