Follow Me

Sunday's service at AVEFC was actually a video of a service by Doug Weiber, from His Place Church in Post Falls, as the first in a series about following Jesus. The series started last summer and is continuing still. To see the video we used today, you can go here and scroll down to the video (or audio if you prefer) Follow Me 1 dated 6/29/14.

Today was from Mark 1:14-17 where Jesus calls for Simon and his brother Andrew to "Come, follow me and I will make you fishers of men."
The message, the start of a series, was that to follow Jesus, we need to be in His will, walking with Him, in His footsteps. How do we know if we are in sync with Him? There is a test!
1 John 2:3-6. We know we have come to know Him if we obey His commands. The man who says "I know Him." but does not what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. but if anyone obeys His word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him. Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.
Doug described how we must look at our relationship with Jesus using the DTR process. What is DTR? It is a term used when a couple takes time to Define The Relationship, often thought of as when one person asks the other where they see the relationship going.
So, where do you see your relationship going with Jesus? Are you just dating casually or maybe going steady? Are you seeing others or have a friendship with benefits? If you have learned the Bible is the true word of God, what does that mean to you? Are you ready to make a full-time, all out, commitment to the God of the Universe?

What are some of the negatives? Well, if you are used to thinking in terms of "me" then you may be worried that all the worldly things you have gathered and loved, might have to go away. Are you afraid where God might take you? What He asks of you might be embarrassing? Is there a sacrifice He can ask of you that is greater than what He did for you on the cross? No!
After the video, Pastor Shane lead us in a discussion about what the message meant to each of us and what stood out. We left with the instruction to ponder where we were in our relationship with Christ. Are we ready to commit or have we already taken that step? Can we go further? There is no test here at church. The test comes on Judgment Day when we are either accepted into His kingdom or told to depart, He never knew us. Where do you want to stand on that day?

May you find all things new in Him,
Frontier Woman @ FrontierChristianLiving