Tuesday, October 25, 2016

We all have our own cross.

'Mat 10:38  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 
Mat 10:39  He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. '

There IS a cross for each of us.

We have to take that cross and follow our Savior.  We can no longer follow Jesus in a literal sense because He is in heaven. When He walked the earth people could and did follow Him. Read this--

Joh 6:2  And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 

Joh 6:10  And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 

Five thousand people!

Did they take up literal crosses and follow Him, no. No one did. We take up our cross and that cross is connected to us losing our lives because a cross represents a death. Did Jesus advocate suicide for Him like 'death by cop'?  No. NO. NO! We put to death our soul-self, we put to death our carnal tendencies that lead us into sin. We put away all that would keep the Holy Spirit from uniting with our spirit and letting the spirit live and rule in our lives- which lets Christ live in us!

More on this tomorrow by the grace and mercy of our LORD, JESUS CHRIST!


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