How To Really Follow Jesus

If your dream is to be a true disciple of Jesus, you'll find in this
lesson tips and strategies to bring you up to speed on what the Master
really require from you.
The truth Christ revealed to those who really wanted to be his disciples
as penned down in Luke chapter 14 from verse 25 is the focus of this lesson:

'And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
'If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren,
and sisters, yea, and his won life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
'For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether
he have sufficient to finish it?

Love Him Absolutely
Christ demand absolute love for him above considerations for family, friends, food and finance.
If you don't have money, can you still follow him? Poverty must not be a barrier from following
Christ.
Loss of members of family, friends or possessions should not be the excuse for abandoning your love
for Christ. He demands that you love him above all.
If your father,mother, brother, sister, close associate and other people you respect press you hard
to stop praying in the name of Jesus like it happened to Daniel when he was compelled by law not to
pray to the true God what will you do? Can you still damn the consequence and follow the Lord?
Can you put your life and reputation on the line for the sake of Christ? That's what it cost to be a true

disciple of Christ.

Bear Your Cross
Whatever cross you have to bear in his name, bear it. Is it misrepresentation or outright falsehood? Stand
on the truth and keep on following. Joseph didn't sleep with Portiphar's wife but he was jailed for an offence
he didn't commit. It was a heavy cross but he carried it.
Stephen was stoned as he preached to religious elders about Christ. They stoned him because of his faith in Christ.
What denial must you endure for the sake of Christ? Bear the cross and keep on following.
The suffering of this present time cannot compare with the glory which shall be revealed in you later.