Luke 9:23-26
Dear Brethren,
When a person chooses to follow Jesus, he is choosing a new life filled with changes. As a follower of Jesus, a person must be willing to remove sinful behavior from his life. If he learns from the Bible that a certain deed is wrong, then he must remove the deed from his life.
Changes within a Christian's life also include the adoption of good deeds and righteous living. As a Christian, a person will begin to worship God every week, study God's word as often as he can, begin to help others, try to teach those who are lost, etc.
There will be times within a Christian's life when removing certain sinful deeds or adopting certain acts of obedience will require a greater effort. There may even be times when a Christian must make certain sacrifices, give up things important to him, in order to follow Jesus Christ. A Christian must be willing to "deny himself, and take up his cross daily," and follow Jesus. A Christian must be willing to lose his life for Jesus's sake in order to save his life.
Here is Luke 9:23-26 presented for your consideration.
Luke 9:23-26
23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?
26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
In Love,
John Duvall
When a person chooses to follow Jesus, he is choosing a new life filled with changes. As a follower of Jesus, a person must be willing to remove sinful behavior from his life. If he learns from the Bible that a certain deed is wrong, then he must remove the deed from his life.
Changes within a Christian's life also include the adoption of good deeds and righteous living. As a Christian, a person will begin to worship God every week, study God's word as often as he can, begin to help others, try to teach those who are lost, etc.
There will be times within a Christian's life when removing certain sinful deeds or adopting certain acts of obedience will require a greater effort. There may even be times when a Christian must make certain sacrifices, give up things important to him, in order to follow Jesus Christ. A Christian must be willing to "deny himself, and take up his cross daily," and follow Jesus. A Christian must be willing to lose his life for Jesus's sake in order to save his life.
Here is Luke 9:23-26 presented for your consideration.
Luke 9:23-26
23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?
26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
In Love,
John Duvall
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