Fan or Follower

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I am a little bit scared. How can a person know if they are merely fans of Our Lord? How does a Person know he is a follower? How can I know that Im not just some freak who pays lip serivce, instead of a devout follower???

I dont want to be a fan of Our Lord

I want to be a harcore follower

How do I know I am which?? 🤷🤷

Puzzling question…
 
A fan may focus on God but also primarily on himself/herself, his/her holiness, or personal spiritual life, just as an introspective thing, without really giving to other people anything much of self, of kindness, help, patience, forgiveness etc.

Perhaps ask yourself if you live the beatitudes and if you live the commandments most of which require charitable behavior to others. In Matthew 25 Jesus says that kindness to others, that is, active love of others, (which includes family, fellow students, workmates as well as other less well know) He accepts as being love of Him.

So if we want to test whether we’re a fan or a true follower, I guess this is a significant question to ask, “How do I treat others and how do I respond to others?” as Jesus also gave acts of kindness to others as His means of deciding who goes to heaven, who not (also Matthew 25)
 
First define hardcore follower & fan of the Lord, than you see how you measure up?
 
It sounds like you’re talking about this book. I would suggest that you not worry so much about the categories and criteria for belief established by some popular puff piece theology and instead focus on the words of the Lord. To wit, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your strength, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself;” and “Be not afraid.” Instead of being frightened by the standards others are setting and then flying to this forum for advice and validation and consolation, love the Lord, open yourself only to him, give himself entirely to him, heart and soul, and seek only consolation in him. Not in internet forums.

-ACEGC

PS–Please get a spiritual director.
 
mymamamary said:
Dear Forum

I am a little bit scared. How can a person know if they are merely fans of Our Lord? How does a Person know he is a follower? How can I know that Im not just some freak who pays lip serivce, instead of a devout follower???

I dont want to be a fan of Our Lord

I want to be a harcore follower

How do I know I am which?? 🤷🤷

Puzzling question…
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Why would you not want to be a fan of our Lord? After all, “fan” is short for “fanatic,” and you can’t get much more hardcore than that 🙂
 
By “being a fan” does that mean you give the Lord lip service rather than do His works?
 
I take it “fan” means “fair wheather friend”. And “hard core” means “to the end”.

The rich man was a fan. St. Stephen was “hard core”. To me that is answered from day to day.

Just a thought.
 
Jesus has plenty of fans. They follow the tenets of their religion with fanaticism, wear all sorts of religious icons for people to notice, pray in public places for people to notice, and spend time seeking out signs and wonders. However, their hearts are still full of ego and they do not love like Jesus, because they don’t know the love of God.

Our faith in Jesus is relational.

We seek union with him out of love.

Prayer is the true source toward having a relationship with Jesus, Through prayer, he will provide the transforming grace to your soul, which will bring you to love as He loves.

Jim
 
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