Come, follow Jesus!
(the real Jesus)
ONLINE EDITION
The Gospel
in simple terms
for nonbelievers
and new believers
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Jesus said, "Come, follow me."
How can you follow Jesus?
"But I'm a sinful person, not fit to be a follower of Jesus!"
Your new life as a follower of Jesus
Find fellowship with other followers of Jesus
Your prayer life
Know your Bible
Your service to God
"Jezebel" in the churches
"If we deliberately keep on sinning . . ."
Why believe the Bible?
Who is Jesus?
What did Jesus teach?
What is life really all about
Angels and demons
Gray areas, mysteries and religious authorities
What Jesus revealed about life after death
'But my relatives won't like it if I follow Jesus!'
Watching for Christ's return
How I came to follow Jesus: the testimony of David A. Reed
Why this book?
Dedication, copyright, ISBN & Scripture references
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online edition of the book by David A. Reed The Gospel in simple terms for nonbelievers and new believers. How to become a follower of Jesus Christ, and live as Jesus commanded Home | Jesus said, "Come, follow me." | How can you follow Jesus? | "But I'm a sinful person, not fit to be a follower of Jesus!" | Your new life as a follower of Jesus | Find fellowship with other followers of Jesus | Your prayer life | Know your Bible | Your service to God | "Jezebel" in the churches | "If we deliberately keep on sinning . . ." | Why believe the Bible? | Who is Jesus? | What did Jesus teach? | What is life really all about | Angels and demons | Gray areas, mysteries and religious authorities | What Jesus revealed about life after death | 'But my relatives won't like it if I follow Jesus!' | Watching for Christ's return | How I came to follow Jesus: the testimony of David A. Reed | Why this book? | Dedication, copyright, ISBN & Scripture references < PREVIOUS — NEXT > if I follow Jesus!’ ‘You don’t want to become some kind of religious nut, do you?’ ‘Why don’t you just stay in the church you were brought up in? It was good enough for us and our parents, so it should be good enough for you!’ ‘Okay, choose between Jesus and us, your family! You can’t have both.’ These are some of the things people hear from their relatives and loved ones when they choose to follow Jesus—the real Jesus of the Bible. And Jesus knew ahead of time that it would be like that for many of his followers. He said, “‘Don't think that I came to send peace on the
earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword. For I came
to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's foes will be those
of his own household. He who loves father
or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more
than me isn't worthy of me. He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me,
isn't worthy of me.’” —Matthew
10:34-38 Jesus understood that his followers would face opposition from close relatives. “Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, ‘If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple. “‘Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple. . . . “‘So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.’” —Luke 14:25-33 But there is a reward ahead for those who face such personal loss for the sake of following Jesus. He promised, “‘Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.’” —Matthew 19:29 |