Lino

On Sunday at Nueva Vida (the Hispanic church where I pastor), one of the passages that we examined contains Jesus' words: And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me (Luke 9:23).

After the service, a relatively new attender named Lino shared with me that some years ago he had become a believer in Jesus. Lino had rejected his sins, received forgiveness, believed that Jesus died and rose again, and had trust in Him as the Boss of His life (Rom. 10:9). 

"But there is something that I have never done," said Lino. "I know that baptism does not save a person, but in Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus commanded believers to receive baptism  as a testimony to the world that we truly are believers. Jesus said, 'Follow Me,' and I want to follow His command to be baptized!"

Simply put, to follow Jesus means: 1) complete obedience and 2) immediate obedience. Anything other than immediate obedience is disobedience.

Perhaps you are like Lino - - you know the truth of Christ, but you have not yet acted upon it. What are you waiting for? Like Lino, say yes to Him today!