John 8.31 promises if you continue to follow My teaching you are really My disciples.

Many think being a Christian is a one-time event with a weekly meeting thrown-in for confirmation.

We usually equate being a Christian with having prayed a prayer at a certain point in our life. Some go so far as to believe that if a person can’t identify that specific date then they probably aren’t Christians at all.

Jesus, God in human form, Who alone Judges humanity’s destiny of heaven or hell, defined His people as disciples – those who continue to learn and obey His teachings.

While there may be a specific date at which we began to follow Jesus, the real question is whether today we are following Jesus by seeking His instruction and implementing His commands through our life.

Those who truly obey God and have children will be constantly teaching them about Jesus so that their having a specific time when they began their journey will be exceedingly difficult to identify.

The question really isn’t when did you begin but are you now following Jesus?

This of course is the more difficult question to answer for obeying Jesus everyday is much different than saying a prayer to Him on one day.

Jesus became the Savior because every day He obeyed God and on one day that obedience cost Him His life.

So too one day we surrender our lives to having Jesus Lord over us then every day we obey Him by first seeking to know His teaching from the bible then implementing that teaching into our daily encounters.

Those who do these things can truly say they are Jesus disciples and so on their way to heaven.