Who Will Follow Jesus?: Studies to Help Disciples Grow Stronger

Congratulations on becoming a Christian. You have turned away from the emptiness and vanity of this world and have determined to find the abundant life that only Jesus offers. Without question, this decision is the most important one you have ever made. Your faith in Christ moved you to repent of sin, to confess Him as the Son of God, and to be immersed in water for the forgiveness of sins. These things will make, for you, an eternity of difference. But what happens now? Christianity is not a single decision, a one-time event that can be completed and forgotten. No, Christianity is a way of life that is lived on a daily basis. Jesus says: “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). You have already expressed your desire to “come after” Jesus. How do you live out that desire each day? What does it mean to “take up a cross?” How do we follow Jesus? These questions are at the core of the discipleship concept. Jesus di