{"id":6862,"date":"2026-03-08T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmccnow.com\/cms\/?p=6862"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:26:59","slug":"following-jesus-wherever-he-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmccnow.com\/cms\/following-jesus-wherever-he-went\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Jesus Wherever He Went"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever walked into a new bike shop these days, you\u2019ve noticed the prices for a bike can be pretty high. It\u2019s not unusual to find bicycles selling for $10,000 or more. I\u2019ve seen some listed for $30,000. It\u2019s hard to comprehend a bike that costs more than many new cars, especially when it doesn\u2019t have air conditioning, heated seats, a stereo, or even a motor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people in bicycle advocacy are concerned about what the high cost of bicycles does to discourage people from cycling. The perception of high cost can be a barrier to entry for those who don\u2019t have the resources to buy such expensive bikes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-79b4f84f\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-93b8059d\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-93b8059d videoandaudio\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Following Jesus: Somebody Call the Doctor\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1169351223?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The above is for the message only. You can watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u3LDrwvgUbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entire March 8, 2026 service here on Youtube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-486956ef\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-486956ef videoandaudio\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Audio only<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/sermons.logos.com\/embed\/sermons\/1725376\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes we must ask ourselves if we create a high barrier to entry into faith. Do we set standards and insist on things Jesus doesn\u2019t insist on?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we examine the life of Jesus in this Following Jesus series, we ask what Jesus did, what he said, and where he went, in an effort to dig deeper into what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Pay special attention in Matthew 9:9-13, to where Jesus went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector\u2019s booth. \u201cFollow me,\u201d he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew\u2019s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, \u201cWhy does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d On hearing this, Jesus said, \u201cIt is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: \u2018I desire mercy, not sacrifice.\u2019 For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Matthew 9:9-13<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Following Jesus means spending time with and loving people who need Him.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When I pastored in some very small towns, I realized that people were different around me. Everyone in those communities knew who I was. People were generally on their best behavior. It was very different when I started working such as in factories or driving a taxi, where people were themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest, I liked it better that way. People were real. But it was very different going outside my bubble of Christian faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we follow Jesus, we follow Him to places that are very different than you\u2019d expect a religious leader. He would hang out with sinners. We read here of Him spending time with tax collectors, people who the Jewish society had determined to be traitors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus spoke with a Samaritan woman who had a long history of indiscretion. He allowed a woman of bad reputation to wash his feet with perfume, her tears, and her hair. All of these were considered scandalous in His day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I appreciate the song \u201cMy Jesus\u201d by Todd Agnew. He writes some challenging things that ask us where we go in our faith. Some of what he wrote in that song includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Which Jesus do you follow?\u00a0<br>Which Jesus do you serve?<br>If Ephesians says to imitate Christ,<br>Why do you look so much like the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cause my Jesus bled and died<br>He spent His time with thieves and the least of these<br>He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable<br>So which one do you want to be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church<br>The blood and dirt on His feet might stain the carpet<br>But He reaches for the hurting and despises the proud<br>and I think He&#8217;d prefer Beale Street to the stained glass crowd<br>And I know that He can hear me if I cry it out loud<\/p>\n<cite>&#8220;My Jesus&#8221; by Todd Agnew<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We aren\u2019t as inclined today to go where Jesus went. Too often we take a \u201ccome and see\u201d approach to faith. We want to bring people in on our terms and to our territory. In contrast, Jesus was less about \u201ccome and see\u201d as he was \u201cgo and be.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Following Jesus leads us to tearing barriers down between Him and others<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you notice that Jesus never told the tax collectors that they needed to get right first before He could hang out with them. He never demanded they fix certain things first before he could be with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Jesus met them where they were. And He meets us where we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the problem with our \u201ccome and see\u201d approach to evangelism. The church today creates barriers by saying \u201cyou need to be one of us.\u201d Jesus tore the barriers down by saying \u201cI\u2019ll go to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pharisees in this story were into barriers. They felt there should be conditions to be met first. The problem with conditions is, once we say that you have to act a certain way, feel a certain way, or be a certain thing first, we\u2019re ultimately saying we don\u2019t need Jesus any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why Jesus declared it\u2019s not the healthy who need a doctor. And ultimately, that\u2019s what faith is all about: realizing that we can\u2019t do this alone. We need the Great Physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus told Matthew to follow me. Full stop. No qualifications. No prerequisites. Just follow me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we are following Jesus, we should be tearing down the barriers, not erecting them. We should be the ones who want to take away anything that stands in the way of people coming to know Jesus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Following Jesus where He went<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We recently went through the Sermon on the Mount. On its face, the teachings of Jesus are hard. He doesn\u2019t make it easier, but He raises the bar. He demands far beyond simply doing the right things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately the message of the Sermon on the Mount was that it\u2019s about our heart, not our actions. God looks for people to follow with the right motive. In the end, it came down to the great commandment: Love God, Love others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where did Jesus Go? He went to those who needed Him. He went where they were, and loved them as they were. Jesus loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we follow Jesus, He begins to rub off on us. He changes us. Perhaps the most significant change is, as He makes us more like Him, His love rubs off on us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the end, following Jesus leads us to loving our neighbors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When we love Him, we desire what He wants: To seek and save the lost. We get out into the neighborhood because we love them. 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