Anyway, for the folks who are believers: Do y’all see a difference…especially when it comes to Christianity…between “believe in me” and “follow me”…?
When you read the Gospels, is Jesus' agenda for his first century followers…and his 21st century followers…to just simply be people who believe things, or should it be people with an all in, active, daily and relational faith…? Should faith simply be cerebral…?
Antlers, It is neither. In the 21st Century, God wants us to not only believe in Him, but to become better Christians and better people. He doesn't want us to blindly follow, but to follow and make suggestions to Him about how things could be fairer and better. In effect, we are making both Earth and Heaven even better than they are. Of course He doesn't have to agree with our suggestions, and that is all they are...not demands, just suggestions. We are not putting ourselves on the same level as God by doing that.
