34 When He had called the people to Himself with His disciples also He said to them Whoever desires to come after Me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospels wil ID: 723205
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Title Layout
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Mark 8:34-38
34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”Slide3
Why Must We Carry A Cross? Slide4
It’s a Requirement of Followers
34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Mark 8:34Slide5
It’s a Requirement of Followers
1.
If one is going to follow Christ, they must live like it.
2
. Failure to live a righteous & godly life is failure in bearing the cross. Slide6
It’s part of
Denying Self
.
1
. To deny our self we must deny pleasure that are sinful.
2
. If we are unwilling to deny ourselves of things that separate us from God then we
will never
see heaven. Slide7
It is
Part
of
Losing Our Life
for Christ.
Man must lose his desire to live
ungodly.
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind
and reaching forward to those things which are ahead
,
Philippians 3:13Slide8
It is
Part
of
Losing Our Life
for Christ.
Failure to lose such desires will only cause God to be far from
us.
8 Draw
near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded
.
James 4:8Slide9
What Man Gives Slide10
Man Gives
up
Worldliness
for the Cross
36 For
what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
Mark 8:36Slide11
Man Gives
up
Worldliness
for the Cross
Man
must give up putting himself
first.
33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness
, and all these things shall be added to you
.
Matthew 6:33
Man
must realize he must lose before he can gain. Slide12
Man Gives
up
Worldliness
for the Cross
Man
exchanging sinfulness for Godliness
37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul
?
Mark 8:37Slide13
Man Gives
up
Worldliness
for the Cross
Man
exchanging sinfulness for Godliness
1. Stores
have exchange policies.
a. We
must learn what we gain by using the Lord’s
exchange
policy
37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul
? Mark 8:37
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the
lie… Romans 1:25a
2. When
is the last time you exchanged sin for forgiveness and mercy?Slide14
Lessons For Us TodaySlide15
Losing Life to Gain it
35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it
.
Mark 8:35Slide16
Losing Life to Gain it
Man will only gain spiritual when he learns how to prevent himself from dying
spiritually.
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection.
Over such the second death has no power,
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years
. Revelation 20:6
8 But the cowardly,
unbelieving, abominable
, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all
liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death
.” Revelation 21:8Slide17
Only c
ross
b
earers
have will have
Eternal Life
.
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels
.”
Mark 8:38Slide18
Only c
ross
b
earers
have will have
Eternal Life
.
1. Bearing
the cross of Christ, living the Christian life is the only way to gain heaven.
2. This
teaching of Christ go against the idea of “once saved always saved”.
3. Christ
is teaching a lifelong faithfulness to Him.Slide19
Conclusion
Man must deny himself, take up the cross of Christ, and follow Him.
34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Mark 8:34
Failure to do these things results in failing to reach heaven.