"Fan" or "Like" Jesus?

Feb 16, 2012, 11:42am »

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I posted this on Facebook and Google+ and Twitter, but I thought I should post it here...

We see a lot of people wanting to be a "Fan" of Jesus - be it on Facebook or wherever. I just want to say, "I'm not a fan, I'm a follower of Jesus!" A fan can sit by and watch, a follower has to get off the couch and into the game! Too many in the church (and outside too really) are just "Fans" of Jesus, or they "Like" Jesus but they aren't willing to commit to Jesus 100%. Something holds them back. When Jesus told His disciples to "Come follow me," they left all they were doing and immediately followed Him. Like the old Stephen Curtis Chapman song said, "With reckless abandon they came..." I wonder if people followed Jesus today with that same recklessness that the disciples had how that would impact our churches today.

Would there be an explosion of volunteers in churches to do things? Would there be an increase in attendance on Sunday mornings instead of taking kids off to their latest sport or parents to something else? Would there be a huge increase in how people tithe? So many churches are hindered by people not being dedicated enough so they don't come on a regular basis, they don't tithe (which really hinders a church) and they don't get involved in serving - something that goes against what James 2 talks about - that faith without deeds is dead. How many "dead" people are sitting in our churches on a Sunday morning?

Don't be a "Fan" of Jesus, don't just "Like" Jesus as the social websites would ask, instead be devoted follower of Jesus who is ready to give their all!

God bless!

Pastor Andrew