The Ultimate Follower Of Christ: Part 1

Today, I begin my personal bible study about being the ultimate follower of Christ. I am not using curriculum. The Bible is my guide (of course I use Google in some aspects but I interpret everything on my own.)


What is Atonement?:
the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ.

-God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood. He did this to demonstrate His justice, because in His for forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-
~Romans 3:25


-He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
~1 John 2:2



What is a Evangelist? and What is Evangelism?:
Evangelist: a person who seeks to convert other to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching.

Evangelism: the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.


-Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
~Matthew 28 19-20


-He said to them "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."
~Mark 16:15



Now that I've explained atonement and evangelism and provided biblical references to go along with it here are two things that they tie into.

1) The Gospel: The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
2) Sanctification: The process of becoming more like Christ.


The gospel is truly simple, you just have to understand it and accept it. Many people complicate the gospel when educating others about it when really its as simple as it's definition and knowing that this is what Christ did for you, not what we did for Christ. Once you can understand that the gospel is what Christ did for you then the sanctification process comes into play.

Many people think that before they can accept the gospel (or in easier terms, accept Christ as their savior) they must get their lives right first. Well, that's impossible. When you accept Christ, He then guides you to making your life right. If we had to get our lives right before we could accept Christ then we would never get our lives right, they would forever be wrong because without Christ in our lives, our lives are wrong.

Once you have gotten your life right with God, the sanctification process starts. Your life will start to change. You will see yourself becoming a more Christ-like figure. Not saying that any one of us could ever compare to how great Jesus truly is.

I posted a status on Facebook last night knowing that I was going to start this personal study and the pastor of my church commented and and asked my thoughts, but to skip to my point, his second comment was "Come to Jesus broken and He will make you whole again." and how true is that! The gospel leads you to Jesus, Jesus guides you to making your life right, sanctification kicks in which ties in with evangelism and atonement.


These four things I believe are the first step into being an ultimate follower of Christ. Understanding them and then being an evangelist yourself is being The Ultimate Follower Of Christ.



If I can ever pray for you, or you need someone to talk to about struggles you are going through, please feel free to email me and I would be glad to pray or talk to you!

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If you need a song to listen to for inspiration in the coming days click here for one of my favorite inspiration songs.