Come Follow Me -July 6-12, 2026-2 Kings 2-7

Welcome, my friends to another episode of He isour Story.  This week we are moving into2 kings.  We are saying good bye toElijah and beginning to follow Elisha in his ministry.   I found an article this past week, written byMark A. Matthews.  He is an instructorwith the seminary and Institute program of the church. I attended a classtaught by him last year and he is a phenomenal teacher.  The title of the article intrigued me- “Howcan we tell if we are really following Jesus Christ today?I want you to think about how you would answerthat question.  Hit pause if you needto-but I want you to come up with an answer! President Nelson said, “one of the easiest ways toidentify a true follower of Jesus Christ, is how compassionately that persontreats other people.”  But he isreferring to looking at someone else and being able to determine if they are adisciple of Christ.  The question BrotherMatthews asked was how can we tell if we are following Christ today? How can weevaluate our own life and measure our discipleship?  In the article written by Brother Matthews, hebegins by admitting that whenever he reads the New Testament, he always putshimself into the narrative and wonders how he would have reacted to theteachings of the Savior.  I have wonderedthe same thing. You probably have too. Would I have been like Peter, James and John and left everything behindwhen I heard the Savior’s invitation to “Come follow me”?  Would I have been like Martha who recognizedthat time with Jesus was more important than any chore?  Would I have chosen to sit at his feet andlearn the better part? Would I have been like the Samaritan woman who met astranger at a well and after a conversation with Him, ran to bring others tohear His words that filled her like living water? Brother Matthews writes, “I have learned that this is not a question weneed to wonder about. The answer is simple. The Lord has revealed that thesimplest way to measure how well we follow Jesus Christ today is by how well wefollow His living prophets.”Friends, it is time to open upyour scriptures-we are going to explore this topic of following prophets today.And we are going to do it with the help of Elisha, an Old Testament prophetwhose life and example is a remarkable typifying of Jesus Christ.