Follow Me!

            Go back in time to just after the resurrection of our Lord.  Jesus is on the beach of the Sea of Tiberias.  The guys have been fishing all night without success.  They obey the Lord to put the nets out on the right side of the boat and catch 153 large fish.  Jesus has a fire and is cooking fish for breakfast.  They ate. (John 21:1-14)

            Jesus asks Peter, “Do you love me?”  After the third time Peter seems to become a little impatient and confirms, “You know I love you.”  This is Jesus way of telling Peter he was forgiven for denying Jesus the three times.  (John 21:15-17; Luke 22:54-62)

            Jesus now tells Peter he is going to be bound and martyred at some future time and concludes with the command, “Follow me.”  Peter, not liking what he has just heard turns, looks at John and asks Jesus, “What about him?”  Jesus, explains that He is Lord.  He deals with each one of us according to His will for the advancement of the kingdom of heaven and the work needed in each persons individual life.  Jesus repeats the command to Peter; “Follow Me.”  (John 21:18-23)

            When I read in the twenty-first chapter of John the phrase “Follow me,” it stood out like a mighty cedar tree which could be used to build on, provide protection, give direction and be a life long goal.       

            And He said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father."    (John 6:65)

            Before we are saved the Father puts within us the knowledge that Jesus is the savior.  Faith in God is the free gift of the Father.  Jesus calls-“Follow Me”-do we follow Him or reject the call?  When we obey and take Jesus as Lord and savior we accept the call and begin walking a path that can only take us to Him in eternity.

            Follow Jesus and:  (To name a few.)

                  1.  He will make us fishers of men.  (Matthew 4:19)

2.  We will seek to do His will and forsake this world.  Put Jesus in first place in our lives and we will take up our cross and do His will.  (Mark 8:34)

3.   He will give us rest.  We will learn of Him, cease from our labors and He will give our souls rest.  His yoke is easy and the burden is light.  (Matthew 11:28-30)

4.  When He calls we will stop what we are doing; leave what we are doing whether collecting taxes or mending the nets and follow Him.  (Mark 2:14; Matthew 4:20)

                        5.  We will hear His voice-through impressions and the Bible.                          (John 10:27)

                        6.  He will always be with us and the Father will honor us.                          (John 12:26)

                        7.  We will become Jesus brother or sister.  (Mark 3:35)

                        8...and the list goes on and on...

            The invitation is for you.  Jesus used the term whosoever to mean each one of us, every one of us and any one of us.  Whosoever will may receive Him as savior and Lord.  Now is the time.

            The only one command we can apply to every situation, event and circumstance is...

Follow me

Roman Road

6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

3:23  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

5:8  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

10:9-10That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

If it is not for Jesus...It is for nothing