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My Prison Song Matthew 16:24-28
Matthew 16:24-28 (Nkjv) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” ( Transfiguration)
Recap
Last Sunday we went over the part that Jesus finally told the disciples that He would suffer and even unto death (Peters reaction)The disciples have been following Jesus for a while:They had seen miracles, Heard His teaching, and much moreThey had also seen the opposition that Jesus was facingThe truth He spoke did not go very well with many - He was creating enough enemies as He moved aroundThey are following someone that didn’t have a retirement plan – one that didn’t even have a homeMatthew 8:18-21 Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
And now this statement:
Matthew 6:24 -Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [[a]cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].This was a huge request – Leave everything, lose their interests, follow Him..., I will let you know of the plan as we go along , there will suffering even unto death….and I just like I said earlier I will definitely dieAnd just as they process this statement, Jesus throws this in as well.Matthew 6:25 For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].However, if you don’t follow me- you will pretty much lose your life (you are caught in between)Put yourself in their shoes- unlike you who knows how the end looks like, they didn’t, yet they still followed JesusThis why the Bible talks about Faith- Because only Faith can do this – This is Faith at workHebrews 11:6 Nkjv But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him
Let’s get into our current txt”
Following Jesus is costly
In this case, the disciples had to abandon their plansTheir day to day lives had to changeThey had to leave behind what they knew and how they did thingsTheir friends had to change; their common places had to change
Now that they had known this, there was no way of un-knowingIf anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow MeEverybody knew what Jesus meant when He said this. Everyone knew that the cross was an unrelenting instrument of death. The cross had no other purpose.The cross wasn’t about religious ceremonies; it wasn’t about traditions and spiritual feelings. The cross was a way to execute people.It was where you worst of the worst were punished to death, the shaming place for offendersIn these twenty centuries after Jesus, we have done a pretty good job in sanitizing and ritual...
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My Prison Song Matthew 16:24-28
Matthew 16:24-28 (Nkjv) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” ( Transfiguration)
Recap
Last Sunday we went over the part that Jesus finally told the disciples that He would suffer and even unto death (Peters reaction)The disciples have been following Jesus for a while:They had seen miracles, Heard His teaching, and much moreThey had also seen the opposition that Jesus was facingThe truth He spoke did not go very well with many - He was creating enough enemies as He moved aroundThey are following someone that didn’t have a retirement plan – one that didn’t even have a homeMatthew 8:18-21 Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
And now this statement:
Matthew 6:24 -Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [[a]cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].This was a huge request – Leave everything, lose their interests, follow Him..., I will let you know of the plan as we go along , there will suffering even unto death….and I just like I said earlier I will definitely dieAnd just as they process this statement, Jesus throws this in as well.Matthew 6:25 For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].However, if you don’t follow me- you will pretty much lose your life (you are caught in between)Put yourself in their shoes- unlike you who knows how the end looks like, they didn’t, yet they still followed JesusThis why the Bible talks about Faith- Because only Faith can do this – This is Faith at workHebrews 11:6 Nkjv But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him
Let’s get into our current txt”
Following Jesus is costly
In this case, the disciples had to abandon their plansTheir day to day lives had to changeThey had to leave behind what they knew and how they did thingsTheir friends had to change; their common places had to change
Now that they had known this, there was no way of un-knowingIf anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow MeEverybody knew what Jesus meant when He said this. Everyone knew that the cross was an unrelenting instrument of death. The cross had no other purpose.The cross wasn’t about religious ceremonies; it wasn’t about traditions and spiritual feelings. The cross was a way to execute people.It was where you worst of the worst were punished to death, the shaming place for offendersIn these twenty centuries after Jesus, we have done a pretty good job in sanitizing and ritual...