Apostle David Johndrow - Fire And Grace

I have to say, when I hear the term Jesus follower , I want to puke. It seems to be the new fad to replace the word "Christian" which means little Christ. I know this appears to be a biblical term, but is it really what we do as believers? I don't think so. In any case here are the verses from which this misconception comes from. Matthew 19:21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me .” Mark 1:17 “Come, follow me ,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” If you read them in context, which is really the only way to read the Bible, these are aimed at folks that did not know Jesus personally. Not to mention that it was before the Holy Spirit was given, and following God was all that you could do. Following is in fact pre-salvation if you'd like to get technical about it. It was only later that Jesus said we need to believe John 6:35...

For most Christians, faith and belief are synonymous. I suppose that in a few cases they actually are. Microsoft Word's hand-dandy thesaurus says they are. Of course it includes trust, confidence, reliance, assurance, devotion, loyalty and conviction too. There are a few references for these words in the Hebrew and the Greek. Strong's 529 , 520 and 5012 . I usually refrain from teachings on Fire & Grace, however; this one is very important. Why? Because of the splintering of the church over doctrine, the mixture of politics and religion in the culture war, and mixture of religions that has no substance; just philosophy and practice. First, the word faith is used almost 500 times in the Bible, and the word believe about 300. The word belief , just 3 and one of those it is the same Greek word as faith . Context always seems to matter in the Bible. So what is the difference, and why does it matter? I am going to tackle belief first. In the Old Testame...