There’s an inevitable question. If someone keeps circling around Jesus and asking questions for long enough, a decision will have to be made. Jesus has a magnetism all his own that, once someone gets close enough, will either pull them in or push them away.
The question will not be, “So what is your assessment of Jesus?”
Not, “Are you interested in trying to abide by his teachings?”
Not, “Will you worship Jesus as God?”
Not, “Do you believe that Jesus died on the cross and then rose again?”
Not even, “Are you willing to accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.”
None of those. They’re all sub questions that may (or may not) help someone get to the real question. The real question—the question behind all the questions—is about discipleship. About directing one’s entire life towards Jesus. To following him, as a person, in a relationship built on love and trust. A life-long relationship characterized by sacrifice and punctuated with yeses.
Of course, the longer I try to be a disciple of Jesus, the more I realize that this is the perennial question. I must look in the mirror each morning and ask: “Do you want to be his disciple too?”
