You said, in post 132, "I have never talked about following Jesus, when i am addressing receiving God's free gift of Eternal Life. As following Jesus does not give a person God's free gift of Eternal Life, only belief in Jesus gives a person Eternal Life."
What does that even mean? How can you NOT follow Jesus when speaking about receiving God's free gift of eternal life? Jesus IS the way to eternal life. That is what following Jesus means. You are splitting hairs by separating following Jesus and believing in Jesus. They are the same thing.
But since you asked:
Mat 8:22 But Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”
Mat 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
Mat 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
Mat 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be [fn]complete, go
and sell your possessions and give to
the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Mar 1:17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
Mar 10:21 Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Jhn 1:43 The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, “Follow Me.”