Its not that Jesus had to negotiate with Jesus, although things were said about the kingdom to come and the judging. He also said things to bartholemew like the unjust will be punished the just rewarded, the poor shall be rich, the rich shall be poor, but it was mostly the holy spirit and gods wisdom coming into bartholemew that made him follow in gods path
Jesus meant let the spiritually dead bury the dead. If you want to live follow Jesus.
No. Justin was not born in a barn.
A Disciple is a follower by definition. Those who want to follow in His example and lead the life of a Christian would want to be his disciple.
Only christians who want to follow in the path of Jesus s way and want a change in their lives take baptism.
It is estimated that 2.1 billion people now call themselves Christian. This number, however, includes many cults who follow their own twisted religion. And many so-called followers only want the benefits of Christianity, but actually want Jesus to follow them. As in John, chapter 6, the number of people who actually follow Jesus is much smaller than what it appears to be.
Because by following Jesus you become a better you, a new somebody.
He wants to be remembered has a man of God, so people can follow him to Jesus Christ in the Heavens.
i dont think he had qualifications per say, but he did want them to have faith and give up the things of the world to follow him
There are many followers of Jesus Christ who come to him in many different ways, but not necessarily chosen of him. Jesus talks of those who want to follow him, thus: Luke 9.23. And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Belief in the reality of the resurrection made some people follow the teachings of Jesus, because they assumed that if he really rose from the dead then he must be the Son of God. This belief was apparently not at first widespread, since most people in the Roman Empire declined to become Christians until the time of Emperor Constantine. Even the Jews, who would have known of the reality of the miracles of Jesus, if anyone did, seem to have been largely unmoved by the story of his resurrection.
Yes I want Jesus to save me.
The young man had great wealth, which Jesus said makes it hard for someone to enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus instructed the man to sell all his possessions, give the proceeds to the poor, and follow him, but the man was unable to do so because he loved his wealth.