JUST FOLLOWING JESUS!

 

 

 

 

 

JUST FOLLOWING JESUS!

 

WE LIVE IN=the AGE of social media=Texting=E-mails=

Instagram=Facebook=etc., etc., etc.,=What is IMPORTANT

To most people=is=HOW MANY FOLLOWERS that they have=

Celebrities=Politicians=You and me=we are ALL concerned=

About our FOLLOWERS=but that should NOT=be the case

 

Some people=have many followers=who HANG ON=to

Every single WORD=of the celebrities=Me=I am JUST FOLLOWING

Jesus=HANGING on HIS every word=of the NEW TESTAMENT=of

THE BIBLE=and even the WORDS of=the old testament PROPHETS=

“He answered=’See that you NOT be deceived=For many will come=

IN MY NAME=saying=’I am he’=and=’The time has come’=Do not

Follow them”                                                                                                                                                 Luke 21:8

 

AMID=all the BOISTEROUS rantings=in today’s world=Jesus=

Stands by=quietly and GENTLY=I am TURNING AWAY=from all of

The other crazy rantings=from all the people=SEEKING to shock=

Seeking=to lure=to steal=and CORRUPT US=Me=I am JUST FOLLOWING

JESUS!=to the ends of this earth=Yes=that KIND=that gentle=

That humble Jesus!

 

“Do NOT FOLLOW=the crowd in doing wrong=When you give TESTIMONY=

In a lawsuit=so not pervert justice=By siding with the crowd=and

Do not show favoritism=to a poor person=In a lawsuit”                                                               Exodus 23:2

 

“Surely your goodness=and love=WILL FOLLOW ME=all the days

Of my life=and I will dwell=in the House of the Lord=forever”                                                      Psalm 23:6

 

“Then=Jesus said to his disciples=’Whoever wants to be my disciple=

Must deny themselves=and take up=their cross=AND FOLLOW ME”                                    Matthew 16:24

 

My dear friends=my dear brothers and sisters=COME with me=and

FOLLOW=the living=loving=PERFECT GOD=so that we all=don’t

GET OVERWHELMED=by this media CRUSH=from people

 

Jesus does NOT make demands on us=He does NOT THREATEN US=

This IS the MAN=who stands with PASSION=and says=”FOLLOW ME”=

I am=JUST FOLLOWING JESUS=I Hope that you are too=”FOLLOW the

Way of love=and eagerly desire=gifts of the Spirit=especially prophecy”                     1 Corinthians 14:1

 

“FOLLOW GOD’S EXAMPLE=therefore as dearly loved children=and walk

IN the way of love=Just as Christ loved us=and gave himself UP for us=as

A fragrant offering=and sacrifice to God”                                                                                             Ephesians 5:1

 

“These are those who did=NOT defile themselves=with women=for they

Remained virgins=THEY FOLLOW the lamb=Wherever he goes”                                          Revelation 14:4

 

So I ASK YOU=I ask me=I ask everyone=WHO are you following?

Who is IMPORTANT to you=IN today’s world?=Are the teachings of

THE BIBLE=the TEACHINGS of Jesus=the MOST IMPORTANT things=

To you=in your life=I am JUST FOLLOWING JESUS!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the NAME=of our HOLY FATHER God=the ever living=ever

LOVING=LEADER of us all

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-25-2024

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Steve Givens