Genuine Followers of Christ follow Christ

Genuine followers go with God's program over their own opinions. They are governed by the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus. they have the same inclinations as others, but they exercise Spirit-enabled and produced self-control and so they resist going their own way. They, as Prov. 3:5-6 says, trust in the Lord with all their heart and lean not on their own understanding. In all their ways they seek to acknowledge Him, and He leads them. Genuine followers are those who align themselves with Jesus. They are the poor in spirt, who mourn over their sinfulness, who cling to Jesus. They are, as 1 Peter 1:3 says, born again to a living hope through the reserruction of Jesus Chrsit. They agree with 1 Cor. 1:29, knowing that by God's doing they are in Christ, they are saved. They realize that as Jesus said, God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever beleives in Him should not perish but have eternallife. they believe, therefore they live in light of that belief here on earth, just as they will not perish, they will live forever with God in heaven. They are those who, as Jesus said, deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Him. They die to themselves, and live to God.