Christ Follower or Follower of Christ?

Believe it or not there is a vast difference between a Christ follower and a follower of Christ. The crowd who followed the Messiah down those dusty Judean roads watched in awe as He performed miracles, raised the dead and proclaimed the Good News of the Kingdom of God. These same Christ followers also cheered His triumphant entry into Jerusalem, only to empty the contents of their open grave throats on His precious face just hours later.

Many claim to 'follow' Christ, just as many will say to Him on the day of judgment Lord, Lord...

On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' (Matthew 7:22-23 ESV)

Only those who have been supernaturally regenerated by God Himself and by God alone, through the redemptive, completed and substitutionary work Yahshua achieved on the cross, can truly claim to be followers of Christ.