Those of us who seek to really belong to God through the Messiah, Jesus, should look at ourselves with cold objectivity and ask whether we are truly actually seeking and holding to and practicing the teachings of Jesus and those He sends and of the Holy Spirit. We might follow religious traditions and doctrines and words of scripture and even words we think are from Jesus. If we seek the reality of what Jesus taught we might find what we were following was not the intended meaning of Jesus of Nazareth but something else superimposed, perhaps by misunderstanding or deniminational bias. Digging down to His original meanings is wise if our intentions are to put His teachings into practice because practising a misinterpretation could be folly and not the will of God. We can find the original meanings of Jesus' teachings more easily these days because resources are available such as online Bible tools. We should ask God's help so we can be assured of what we end up holding to that it is the truth from God and true counsel from God through Jesus and not a distortion or misunderstanding. God seals this kind of following by giving the Holy Spirit and miracles.
