Are We Truly Following Him?

We as believers every once in a while need to examine ourselves to make sure we are truly following Jesus! A few weeks ago I preached a message called “Three things Jesus came to do”! There are so many things we could talk about in this area but the Holy Ghost had me focused on three points!


One, in John 10:10, Jesus said that I have come that they may have life and life more abundantly. Over the years this scripture has been used over and over again. I thank God every day that He sent His son so that all that come to Him may have an abundant life. Praise the Lord! I am so thankful that I have been set free to live a life for Him! However, many of the church are stuck on this one scripture. We are focusing on one third of the abundant life. Now you might be saying what do you mean? Let’s look at the other two things Jesus came to do!

Two, Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost, Luke 19:10! He was here to find the lost and bring salvation to them. The parable of the lost sheep is a great example of seeking the lost; the shepherd leaves the 99 to find the one lost sheep. Notice that He left the 99. He went out to look for the lost one. He did not stay in the house. More and more as we look around we see that churches as well as the individual Christians have stopped looking for the lost. As the church has become modernized we are starting to rely more on advertising and marketing! The Gospel is to be delivered personally, and to do that, we must seek out the lost!

Three, Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, 1 John 3:8! He came to set the captive free. Everywhere He went, he cast out devils, healed the sick, and raise the dead. Everything He did showed the devil that he was defeated. We are called to do the same things that he did. It is not just for the preacher it is for every believer in the body of Christ.

Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

All of the things that Jesus did we are called to do. I heard someone say the other
Day “I cast out devils everyday”! I thought to myself this is going to be a great
testimony of people getting delivered by the power of God. Instead he went on to
say “I cast the devils out of my money, my car, my house and my children
everyday”. I thought to myself “what about the lost”? We are called to go and
destroy the works of the devil in other people’s lives. We are set free to set other
people free!

I believe to live a truly abundant life that is satisfying we need to change the order
of things.
1. Go and seek that which is lost and bring salvation to them.

2. Destroy the works of the devil, cast those devils out in the name of Jesus

When you do those two things you will find that the third one comes. You will then find yourself living a truly abundant life for Jesus!

Brother Steve