Who are you following?

And, the second question, where are you going? Because you are going wherever the person you are following is going.

We are living in a time when millions of people are following celebrities on social media. There are those who have a great influence on others through their Instagram, TikTok, FaceBook, Twitter (X), or YouTube accounts.

It’s a good time to ask: who are you following? Who has the greatest influence on your life? Is is a popular singer, actor, or politician? Is it a fellow student or worker or someone in your family? Are you making your own decisions, or are you a puppet to other people’s opinions?

Jesus says: ‭My‭ sheep‭ hear‭‭ my‭ voice‭, and I‭ know‭‭ them‭, and‭ they follow‭‭ me‭:‭ ‭And I‭ give‭‭ unto them‭ eternal‭ life‭; and‭ they shall‭‭ never‭‭‭ perish‭‭, neither‭‭ shall‭‭ any‭ ‭man‭ pluck‭‭ them‭ out of‭ my‭ hand‭.‭ (John 10:27-28, KJV).

When we follow Jesus, we receive eternal life, but when we follow the spirit of this age, we reap death.

Jesus has a wonderful plan for your life. Follow Him and reap all that He has for you!

Christianio Ronaldo 738 M

Justin Bieber 502 M

Taylor Swift 461 M

To be a follower you just have to push a button. It’s not a huge commitment. However, many “followers” are following very closely. That’s why these people are called “influencers” and are in high demand by commercial interests. For some, their posts are worth millions of dollars, because people will follow their recommendations. 

Who are you following? 

Politician, Intellectual, Actor, Kids a school, people at work, strong personality.

Music superstar (politicians were afraid that Taylor Swift would endorse a candidate, because they knew her recommendation would carry a lot of weight. 

Can you think for yourself, or are you a puppet to other’s opinions? 

Whoever you are following, you are going where they are going. 

Or maybe you’re following the spirit of this age.

And you [He made alive when you] were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins, in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God]. Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind]. (Ephesians 2:1-3, Amp15).

Vision of people in graveyard going into the abyss.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13-14, KJV).

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 16:25, KJV).

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, came to lead us into life.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John 10:10-11, KJV).

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:27-28, KJV).

What does it mean to follow Jesus? Is it just to push a button? Is it to join a church or go through a ceremony? Is it to sign a card?

Tom’s experience. Nothing changed until I made Jesus Lord. 

To follow Jesus is to make Him Lord of your life. It’s to follow His teaching, his example, His Spirit. It is a choice.

Adam and Eve made a choice to rebel against God, and it cost them their relationship with Him. As a result sin and death passed on the human race. But God in His mercy sent Jesus to bring us back to God. 

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12, KJV).

When you follow Jesus, you are following the light. 

Why should I follow Jesus? 

He gives eternal life.

He is the only Savior.

He calls you to follow Him. 

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. (Mark 8:34-35, KJV).

Make a choice today to follow Jesus.

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