{"id":205,"date":"2014-03-25T10:38:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/?p=205"},"modified":"2021-07-08T21:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T01:28:37","slug":"following-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/2014\/03\/25\/following-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>\u201cAnd ye became followers of us, and of the Lord\u2026\u201d\u00a0 I Thessalonians 1:6<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reading in I Thessalonians this morning was a good reminder of where a believer\u2019s focus should be. As Christians, we are to follow Christ. If others who are further in their walk with the Lord happen to \u201cline up\u201d with Christ as well, then we would naturally be following them also\u2026as they follow Christ. But, our focus must always look beyond men to CHRIST &#8211; for men (and women) may fail us, but Christ will <strong>NEVER<\/strong> lead us astray. This is why it is so very crucial that we be as the Bereans were \u2013<br \/>\n<em><strong>\u201cThese were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.\u201d\u00a0 Acts 17:11\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em><br \/>\nThe heart-breaking times, when a leader may indeed stray, are the very times when it is revealed where the focus of the follower was. If the focus was where it should be\u2026on Christ\u2026then the follower will continue following Truth from God\u2019s Word no matter what.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cBe ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.\u201d\u00a0 I Corinthians 11:1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow! follow! I would follow Jesus!<br \/>\nAnywhere, everywhere, I would follow on!<br \/>\nFollow! follow! I would follow Jesus!<br \/>\nEverywhere He leads me I would follow on!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(William Cushing)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>~ Rachel ~<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd ye became followers of us, and of the Lord\u2026\u201d\u00a0 I Thessalonians 1:6 Reading in I Thessalonians this morning was a good reminder of where a believer\u2019s focus should be. As Christians, we are to follow Christ. If others who are further in their walk with the Lord happen to \u201cline up\u201d with Christ as well, then we would naturally be following them also\u2026as they follow Christ. But, our focus must always look beyond men to CHRIST &#8211; for men (and women) may fail us, but Christ will NEVER lead us astray. This is why it is so very crucial that we be as the Bereans were \u2013 \u201cThese were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.\u201d\u00a0 Acts 17:11\u00a0\u00a0 The heart-breaking times, when a leader may indeed stray, are the very times when it is revealed where the focus of the follower was. If the focus was where it should be\u2026on Christ\u2026then the follower will continue following Truth from God\u2019s Word no matter what. \u201cBe ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.\u201d\u00a0 I Corinthians 11:1 Follow! follow! I would follow Jesus! Anywhere, everywhere, I would follow on! Follow! follow! I would follow Jesus! Everywhere He leads me I would follow on! 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