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Introduction
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Read Luke 9:23-26
Luke 9:23-26
Already said – if you want to be my follower/disciple = come to Him in order to learn from Him.
Already said – if you want to be my follower/disciple = come to Him in order to learn from Him.
Already said – if you want to be my follower/disciple = come to Him in order to learn from Him.
Deny yourself = say no to yourself.
Remove yourself as the center of control in your life.
Deny yourself = say no to yourself.
Remove yourself as the center of control in your life.
What does Jesus mean in Luke 9:23-26 take up your cross?
What does Jesus mean in take up your cross?
What does Jesus mean in take up your cross?
Crucifixion Picture
Start with picture of three Philippinos on the cross.
Are we to literally take up a cross, follow Jesus?
Start with picture of three Filipinos on the cross.
Are we to literally take up a cross, follow Jesus?
Take Up Your Cross
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Take Up Your Cross
Take Up Your Cross
Take up your cross.
Roman crucifixion was cruel, painful, and ended in a slow, agonizing death.
Luke 9:23Take up your cross.
Roman crucifixion was cruel, painful, and ended in a slow, agonizing death.
Take up your cross.
Roman crucifixion was cruel, painful, and ended in a slow, agonizing death.
Crucifixion traditionally started with torture, carry crossbeam, attach victim to stake or post, sometimes family also tortured.
Men, women, mostly reserved for slaves and rebellious foreigners, treasonous citizens.
Dishonorable and shameful to be hung on a cross.
Crucifixion traditionally started with torture, carry crossbeam, attach victim to stake or post, sometimes family also tortured.
Men, women, mostly reserved for slaves and rebellious foreigners, treasonous citizens.
Dishonorable and shameful to be hung on a cross.
Jesus is not asking followers to literally hang on a cross, but the symbolic effect is the same.
Be prepared to die for the cause of following Jesus.
Expect suffering, shame.
(v.26)
Jesus is not asking followers to literally hang on a cross, but the symbolic effect is the same.
Be prepared to die for the cause of following Jesus.
Expect suffering, shame.
(v.26)
Jesus is not asking followers to literally hang on a cross, but the symbolic effect is the same.
Be prepared to die for the cause of following Jesus.
Expect suffering, shame.
(v.26)
In simplest form, say no to yourself, say yes to Jesus.
In simplest form, say no to yourself, say yes to Jesus.
Big Idea: Say No To Self, Say Yes To Jesus.
Big Idea: Say No To Self, Say Yes To Jesus.
Deny yourself and take up your cross go together.
One action really.
Giving up control of your will and life, putting down your rebellion, and submitting to authority of Jesus.
Deny yourself and take up your cross go together.
One action really.
Giving up control of your will and life, putting down your rebellion, and submitting to authority of Jesus.
Again, as in deny self – not my will but Your will be done.
Kingdom come, will be done on earth.
– Jesus calls His disciples to something that He is willing to model, to what He is also doing.
Again, as in deny self – not my will but Your will be done.
Kingdom come, will be done on earth.
– Jesus calls His disciples to something that He is willing to model, to what He is also doing.
Take up cross daily = not a one-time recognition or decision or action.
Ongoing, daily, moment by moment attitude of submission to the will of Christ.
Take up cross daily = not a one-time recognition or decision or action.
Ongoing, daily, moment by moment attitude of submission to the will of Christ.
Continuously, daily, moment by moment die to self.
Deny yourself.
Give up the rebellion, say yes to Jesus and His will, direction, commands, life.
Ongoing, every step.
Continuously, daily, moment by moment die to self.
Deny yourself.
Give up the rebellion, say yes to Jesus and His will, direction, commands, life.
Ongoing, every step.
These are hard words.
Jesus surely wasn’t winning any political votes with this one.
These are hard words.
Jesus surely wasn’t winning any political votes with this one.
Losing To Gain
Losing To Gain
Giving up your will and losing your life sound like a fatal choice.
But there is real promise in going through with it.
There is a very valuable gain to the investment.
Giving up your will and losing your life sound like a fatal choice.
But there is real promise in going through with it.
There is a very valuable gain to the investment.
QUOTE:
QUOTE: From a worldly point of view, sacrificing one’s life means a total and irretrievable loss.
Accordingly, self-preservation becomes a high priority.
For Jesus, however, life in the fullest sense is life in God’s reign, and obtaining that life is the all-important issue.
The paradox here, as Jesus’ words make clear, is that the persons who find life in the kingdom are not those who cling tenaciously to their present existence, but those who risk themselves on behalf of the new order.
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