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You Must
Turn From Your Selfish Ways,
Take Up Your Cross Daily, And Follow Me
When Jesus walked this earth and talked to the crowds they had no problem visualizing what Jesus meant in this passage. The cross was a horrible picture of death that was way too common to all of them. They actually saw maybe on a daily basis people carrying their crosses on their way to be crucified. Denying myself, turning from my selfish ways and following Christ is a choice. It is a daily choice. You and I must make that choice today and everyday!
Scripture
23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. 24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. 25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
Observation
When
Jesus walked this earth and talked to the crowds they had no problem
visualizing what Jesus meant in this passage when He talked about “taking up
your cross”. The cross was a horrible picture of death that was way too common
to all of them. They actually saw almost on a daily basis people carrying their
crosses on their way to be crucified.
The
Apostle Paul uses the same imagery in Galatians 2:20 when he says, “I have been
crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
himself for me”.
Application
I
will follow Christ today. I will put Him first. How about you?
Prayer
Daily Bible Reading: Genesis 23,24; Luke 9
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