If we were to ask, "What does it mean to be a Christian?" many would respond similarly:
-Go church
-Read your Bible (occasionally, of course)
-Don't do this
-Don't do that
-Listen to KLOVE (nothing wrong with that!)
-Vote this way
-You get the idea...
It would be a list similar to this and it would likely not mention anything about following Jesus.
God wants to take us to a deeper place than lists like this. He invites us to a way of life.