Following Jesus

05/09/07 06:47 AM
One of the books I'm currently reading is, The Big Idea by Dave Ferguson. In the first chapter he quotes something Don Everts included in a little book titled Jesus with Dirty Feet. It's worth pondering, especially in light of the video clip below.

Jesus was not a Christian.
He never asked anyone to become a Christian,
-- never built a steepled building,
-- never drew up a theological treatise,
-- never took up an offering,
-- never wore religious garments,
-- never incorporated for tax purposes.
He simply called people to follow him.
That's it.
That, despite its simplicity, is it.
He called people to follow him. . .
It is never more
-- than Jesus' call: "Follow me"
-- and a response: dropping familiar nets
-- and following, in faith
-- this sandaled Jewish man.
It is never more than that.
Two thousand years of words can do nothing
to the simple, basic reality of Christianity:
Those first steps
-- taken by those two brothers.
-- Peter and Andrew's theology
-- was as pure as it gets:
Jesus said, "Follow me." And we did.