Mark 10:35 “And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. 36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

Romans 5:6 “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

Do you remember when you first became a Christian? You were so excited to go to church and learn about God. You wanted to do what ever you could to further the Kingdom. Then the criticism came from “older” Christians and your fire began to wane. You had to make a decision to continue or not. If you continued you might get the left foot of fellowship or you could be part of the “group”. It was a hard decision because you loved Jesus for all that He did for you.

The Bible has always commanded us to follow after God. He said the way is narrow and straight and few find it. What do you do? Each person must decide what they are going to do. No one can make that decision for you. We are the image and likeness of God, having the knowledge of good and evil.

God woke me up with the scripture Matthew 20:20-23. John and James came to Jesus with their mother to ask a favor. They wanted to sit on the right hand and left hand of Jesus            when He entered heaven. Jesus told them that they don’t know what they are asking for. He asked them, “are you willing to be baptized into My baptism.”  They said yes. Then Jesus turned to me and said, ” Are you willing to be baptized into My baptism.” I knew what He meant and couldn’t give Him an answer right away. It took three days to count to cost and make up my mind. I have never regretted it. What would you decide to do?