Sermonette: 'Follow Me'
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James C. Stoertz
Given 09-Nov-24; 15 minutes
description: (hide) Social media has made it possible to accumulate followers, a symbol of status. People use all sorts of honest or devious means to increase their followers including acting a little crazy. Jesus Christ's usage of the phrase "Follow Me" is vastly superior to all definitions under the sun, rendering politics, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram homogeneously vain, foolish, and vaporous. In the Old Testament, the nine occurrences in Hebrew translate into "chase" or "pursue." There are at least three times that Jesus gave the command to Peter to follow Him, once as he was called, and twice when Jesus Christ served him breakfast on the beach. In all Christ's commands to follow, we learn that there is a huge price to pay for following Him (under the sun) and there is a huge reward, but we had better be prepared to pay with our lives. The world's idea of what "follow me" means is inadequate to be able to respond when Jesus Christ says, "Follow Me." Influencers bandy the phrase, begging viewers and readers alike, as Abraham pleading for Sodom. Can we really follow 50 People? How about 45? How about 40? How about 30, 20, or 10? Can we really follow a political party and live? Is it wise to bargain with God, especially when it is for our own pleasure. Consequently, for us, there are two completely different definitions of the world "follow." According to Biblical definition, there is only One you can follow and live, namely Jesus Christ.