Many people who don’t know me well thought the topic, “If I Don’t Follow Jesus, Don’t You Follow Me” was a little edgy and a little dangerous. Dangerous? I thought the topic was Christ-centered and safe.
Here is what I believe…
I personally believe that every leader of God’s people anywhere in the world ought to every now and then just stop and turn around to the folk that are following them and declare with a loud voice, ‘IF I DON’T FOLLOW JESUS, DON’ T YOU FOLLOW ME.”
This way when we turn around and there is less folk following us, then we can check ourselves and see if we’ve stopped following Jesus.
1 Corinthians 11:1 (KJV)
11 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
IF I DON’T FOLLOW JESUS, DON’T YOU FOLLOW ME. PLEASE!
—Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin