Hey guys time for coffee break in the Bible so today's reading is going to come from Matthew 16 verses
24 through 26 and the Bible says this
Then Jesus told his disciples if anyone would come after me
Let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me for whoever
Would save his life
Will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?
Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
So
Just a couple days ago. I saw a video and it really stuck with me and it made this verse come to mind
I know this passage. I should say come to mind, you know, what is it?
to carry
Your cross. What does it mean when they say carry your cross pick up your cross and follow Christ?
well
quite simply it means
Would you be willing to die for Jesus?
That's what it means to carry your cross to be willing to die for Christ
See I was watching this video and it was a marine he was on deployment and
He was being interviewed and he was talking about
how
He was okay being where he was at and willing to stay longer if it meant that even one more marine
Could be saved even if it meant at the cost of his own life
You know, it's it's a feeling
That a lot of us who have served had those of us who have served in first response
Have had parents even you know, there's nothing that we would not do for our own
children
But people never think in the context of what it means when it comes to God
We think of the fact that yes, Jesus died for us
And our sins
But would we be willing to die for Christ?
But would we be willing to die for him?
John 15 13 puts it this way
No greater love than this to lay down his life for his friends
To lay down his life for his friends or to lay down our life for Jesus
Little food for thought there
But that is what it means to pick up your cross and to carry it
to go forth in the world
proclaim Jesus
share the good news
answering the Great Commission
Answering the Great Commission and if need be would you be willing to die for Jesus?