In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, following Jesus.

If I should ask you simple question, Are you a follower of Jesus?

How would you answer that?

Yes.

Are you a follower of Jesus?

Well, if I ask that to some people, they would say,

do you mean, do I believe in God?

No, I just said, are you a follower of Jesus? Or they might respond,

well, I know about him. That's not the question. And oftentimes they would say, well, I do

attend church. That's not the question either. Or they might say, when I go to church every once

and a while, they observe communion and I participate

in that. No, I ask you if you were a follower of Jesus. Well, I give to good causes. That's not the

question. Well, I think I'm a pretty good person. I didn't ask you that. I try to live a good life. I don't drink

or run around on my wife. I didn't ask you that. I pray when I feel like I have a need of it.

I didn't ask you if you were a follower of Jesus. It's amazing how many people have different answers, and then I do consider myself a religious

person. I didn't ask you that either. Well, my parents were very religious, and I didn't ask you

that either. And the truth is, all of those answers, any one of them or all of them together,

would not equal whether you're a follower of Jesus or not.

And many people think if certain activities

are true in their life, certain experiences,

then they must be a follower of Jesus.

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