it goes..
if any man come after me
let him deny himself
pick up his cross and follow me
into life eternally
deny yourself
pick up your cross
and follow Jesus
He is the way truth and life
it also brings new meaning to the words of the Bible..
Luke 9:23 - Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
The Cost of Being a Disciple (Luke 14:25-33)
25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. 27And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.28"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'
31"Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
Jesus says that if we wanna follow Him, we have to count the cost. to literally DENY yourself, pick up your cross DAILY, and follow Him. not just follow blindly, but knowing entirely what following Jesus means, knowing it involves surrender of all my wants, all my dreams, all my comfort, all my everything, and yet choosing to walk that path, to follow in Jesus' footsteps.
have i counted the cost? am i willing to carry my cross daily to follow Him? my answer is yes. my choices demonstrate my decision.
are you willing?
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