Glory be to God! Welcome everyone to Episode #805, Season 9.
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💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below) as I exhort: Who is a disciple of Jesus Christ? A disciple is someone who believes in Him as their Lord and Savior, who intentionally learns from Him, and strives to live more like Him. Lord Jesus says in John 10:27, "The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me." So how many of you can honestly raise your hand and say that you are a disciple (a student) of Jesus Christ? How many of you can honestly say that you listen, follow, and obey Christ Jesus consistently as one of His true sheep according to John 10:27? Or do you allow your "flesh (the sinful nature that is hostile to God and does not follow His commands) to continue to rule you as if you're still a slave to sin? The Bible says that following Jesus Christ means responding to His call to repent (to change your old sinful way of thinking, regret past sins, forsake sin, and turn to God) and believe the gospel. It also means understanding and obeying His teachings and following His example in living. In its totality, to truly follow Christ means He has become everything to you, for the goal of discipleship is to become like Jesus Himself! To truly understand discipleship you must love obedience and HATE SIN!
Christ Jesus calls for His disciples to come and follow Him: "After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him" (Luke 5:27). He also says that the one who serves Him, must also follow Him: "Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me" (John 12:26). Amen!
The first condition of being a disciple is that we must love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength (Mark 12:30). This means that our whole lives must be centered on him. We must love him more than anything else in the world.
The second condition of being a disciple is that we must love our neighbor as ourselves (Mark 12:31). This means that we must care for others as we would want them to care for us. We must put their needs above our own.
When we love God and others, we are fulfilling the two greatest commandments. And when we do this, we are living as disciples of Christ.
Amen! 🎯 REPENT and BELIEVE and TURN back to God!
