'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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