The Exaltation of the Cross and the Transfiguration of the Lord are linked liturgically and spiritually.The linking verse is, "There be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power." We explain the most important phrase in our Lord's command: "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." and look at epistles which explain fully how to follow the Lord, and the end result of our labor. "I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." "God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." (Galatians 2:20, Mark 8:34-9:1, and 2 Corinthians 9:8)