Read: Matthew 4:18-22
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ? As you are starting to discover, the answer is fairly simple, but it changes your life completely. Disciples in Jesus’s day would follow their rabbi (which means teacher) wherever he went, learning from the rabbi’s teaching and being trained to do as the rabbi did. Basically, a disciple is a follower, but only if we take the term “follower” literally. Becoming a disciple of Jesus is as simple as obeying His call to follow. It’s impossible to be a disciple or a follower of someone and not end up like that person. Jesus said, “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher” (Luke 6:40). That’s the whole point of being a disciple of Jesus: we imitate Him, carry on His ministry, and become like Him in the process.Many people in the church have decided to take on the name of Christ and nothing else. This would be like Jesus walking up to those first disciples and saying, “Hey, would you guys mind identifying yourselves with Me in some way? Don’t worry, I don’t actually care if you do anything I do or change your lifestyle at all. I’m just looking for people who are willing to say they believe in Me and call themselves Christians.” It appears that we’ve lost sight of what it means to be a follower of Jesus.
Text the Daily: Up to this point, would you call yourself a follower of Jesus Christ?
Journal Question: Am I truly following Jesus?
Prayer Starter: Jesus, help me to become a disciple and make other disciples.
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