Following is key to the believer’s making in life. Matthew 4:19.
But the proof of following is practice. Philippians 4:9.
The practice of what one has seen and heard is the most authentic interpretation of following.
If you are not practicing, you’re certainly not following.
There is no way you can explain what you are not experiencing, and there is no way you can experience what you are not practicing.
Followers of Christ are simply practitioners of His teaching.
Obeying instructions/directives is another way of following.