Title: Take up the cross and follow
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LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> What does 'take up the cross' mean?
LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> In Mark 8:34, Jesus tells the crowd and disciples to follow Him, first deny yourself, take up the cross, and follow Me third. The first three are different. They seem to be words, but they all have the same meaning: 'To bear the cross' means to deny that I am no longer who I am, and since the cross was used as an execution device in Jesus' time, carrying the cross means 'I am dead, I It means to live with the mind of 'no'.
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LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Paul confesses, “I have been crucified with Christ” (Galatians 2:20). As Paul confessed, being a disciple of Jesus means crucifying my self with Christ. It means yin, and it will be A life that lives according to His will for Jesus is a 'life of carrying the cross'.
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LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> Through today's text, we are talking specifically about what it is like to bear the cross every day.
LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px">First, be kind and considerate of others.
LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Second, let no one fall because of me among those who live together in faith (:42)
LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Third, be on the lookout for the cause of sin and take decisive action whenever it occurs.(:43-49)
LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Fourth, at home, at church, at work, and with the people next to you (:50)
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LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> The life of carrying the cross like this is not grandiose and grandiose work, but living in harmony with people in our daily lives and practicing a life of kindness and consideration.
LIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: 'roll body'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> I pray in the name of the Lord that wherever you are in your life, you will always have Jesus Christ in your heart and become a person of the Lord who can carry your cross and live as He leads .
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