Do Not Judge Jesus By His Followers
So many judge Jesus Christ based on people who call themselves followers of Jesus. Know this that Jesus' message was as simple as they come:

Matthew 22
36. Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38. This is the first and great commandment.
39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

The way to God is only by one, Jesus.

John 14
6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Based on man's commandments and traditions we have been deceived and misled.

Matthew 15
7. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

In Revelation 2-3 Jesus came down on the seven churches or the seven forms of religion of this earth. Then at the end He stated how one could be delivered from religion and be of Him.

Revelation 3
19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

As "many as He loves" means all (John 3:16). Rebuke means "to convict us of our sin". Chasten is "to educate in His ways and His love". Be zealous is "to have a warm feeling towards" the Lord and repent means "to change our ways".

Revelation 3
20. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

The problem is most listen to man and not the Lord, but if you will listen for and to His voice and let Him in you will be one with Him and He with you.

Revelation 3
21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

There are many verses from Genesis to Revelation about hearing from God. Basically those who listen and are obedient are blessed.

Genesis 22
18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Throughout the Old and New Testament there is extensive evidence of our ability and the necessity of hearing from God.

Deuteronomy 28
1. And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Listening to man's ideas of God, Jesus, Bible, etc can mislead as it has in the past with so-called leaders like Jim Jones and David Koresh.

John 14
26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Jesus stated that we were to be taught everything by the Spirit not man.
1 John 2
27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Christ means anointing and the anointing based on Luke 4:18 is the Spirit of God, in, on and through us.

Romans 8
16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

We know we are of God by hearing. Look at the idea of man and religion and you will find division and even division within divisions. Look at denominations like Lutherans, There are three different factors Wisconsin SYNOD (ultra legal), Missouri SYNOD (moderate), and ELCA (ultra liberal). This is just within the Lutherans. Why do you think Methodists or some are called United Methodist (in the seventies supposedly all divisions of the Methodist reunited). Within the Baptist they have Southern, Independent, 1st, 2nd, etc. Then there are the Catholics–Roman, American, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox–and even more divisions within each. So the point is that man-leading man is the problem, it is supposed to be God leading man. Jesus led based on the Father and the will of the Father, not His will, but the Father's alone. Unfortunately mankind has, since Adam and Eve, been rebellious against God and His will. Read the Old and the New Testaments carefully and you will discover just how many times we have been rebellious against God and we still are. So do not judge God, based on those who claim to be of Him because God is love and mankind has no real idea of His love.

Four Keys to the Next Life!
First Key: Accept Jesus!

John 14
6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Second Key: Love God with all your heart–make Him first in all aspects of your life!

Matthew 22
37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Third Key: Love all who are alive as you love yourself!

Matthew 22
39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Fourth Key; Listen to and be taught by the Spirit of God and not man.

1 John 2
27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

If you do the above four the next two should be a snap.

Matthew 6
14. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Forgive and forget all that others do against you.

Matthew 7 1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5. Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Forgive those you love, and do not judge those they love.

WHO IS YOUR NEIGHBOR?

Luke 10
29. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30. And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

To be of Jesus is to be one with Him and God in love of all mankind.