So which one are you?

If a man studies to be an airplane plot, gets his license but never flies … is he a pilot?

If a woman studies to get her teaching certificate, and finally gets it, but never teaches … is she a teacher?

Or how about this one: if a person believes in Christ, believes what he reads in the Bible, but doesn’t follow Christ by applying scripture to his own life … is he a follower?

Are you a believer, or a follower?

It’s one thing to have information about God, or even a studied, thought out and well-defined theology — it’s one thing to believe — but it’s quite another thing to internalize and live out those beliefs by daily following Christ.

“3 And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. 4 If someone claims, ‘I know God,’ but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. 5 But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. 6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did,” 1 John 2:3-6.

Are you a believer, or a follower?

Scotty