Jesus Unfiltered - Follow - What's it Mean to Follow Jesus?, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 26 July 2024
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Summary
You’ve probably heard people say that they are a follower of Jesus. Well, what does that really mean? How do you know if you are truly following Jesus? Chip explains that genuinely following Jesus is the most important decision you’ll ever make because it will literally set the course for your entire life.
Main PointsHearing God’s voice from John Chapter 8…
The Context: When, where, and why – does this intensified conflict occur?
The Content: Jesus challenges the status quo.
- Jesus’ declaration and promise - John 8:12
- Pharisees challenge Jesus’ credibility - John 8:13-20
- Jesus warns of the consequences of unbelief - John 8:21-30
- Jesus defines the “acid test” of true discipleship - John 8:31-53
The Climax: Jesus is the great “I AM.” - John 8:54-59
- Pharisees attempt to stone Him.
A Promise to claim - John 8:12
A Command to obey - John 8:31-32
An Example to follow - John 8:39
Broadcast Resource Additional Resource Mentions About Chip IngramChip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | You've probably heard a lot of people say I'm a follower of Jesus or I'm a Christian. |
| 0:07.1 | What does that really mean and how do you know for sure you're really following Jesus? You want to answer to that? |
| 0:13.5 | Stay with me. That's today. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:21.5 | The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally |
| 0:24.8 | disciple Christians through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. If you were to stop 10 different |
| 0:30.0 | Christians and ask, what does it mean to follow Jesus? You'd probably get 10 different |
| 0:34.8 | answers. So today, Chip's going right to the source in the Gospel of John, Jesus |
| 0:39.8 | himself. There's a lot to get to so here's Chip to continue our series Jesus unfiltered. |
| 0:47.0 | John Chapter 9 opens with the story of a blind man and very very instructively, he's blind from birth, |
| 0:55.0 | and we know it's not his fault or its parent's fault, |
| 0:58.0 | but it's a very special miracle because God will be glorified. |
| 1:02.0 | As you read later in that story, you'll find... because God will be glorified. |
| 1:02.8 | As you read later in that story, |
| 1:04.5 | you'll find that some people can't even believe |
| 1:06.9 | it's the same man. |
| 1:08.5 | They even bring his parents in and they testify. |
| 1:11.7 | They cross-examine him twice because they think maybe he's lying. |
| 1:16.2 | And at the heart of it is, Jesus opens his eyes and does a messianic miracle. |
| 1:23.0 | Now, you'll never understand the real meaning |
| 1:26.0 | of that man who was blind |
| 1:28.0 | until you go back to chapter 8 |
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