Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me

 Matthew 16:21-28

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Why?

Jesus talking to his disciple what will happen on him, but Peter didn’t know the plan of the Lord so he said don’t do it. Then Jesse rebuked peter you do not have I’m mind it concerns of God, but merely human concerns. We are easily concern our concerns, human concern.

Nothing can exchange for our soul, so Jesus says whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

To be a Christian is a blessing and it is a hard road to walk forward, for it is difficult on the way to kingdom of the Lord. But God will be with us, when we focus on the Lord, instead of look down on the road, when we crossed the difficulty we may discovered the grace of the Lord is greater than the difficulty.

The grace of the Lord us enough to all his follower.

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耶穌來世上

A:受苦的基督：門徒對於基督的使命、不清楚，容易誤導其他人。要有正確的基督觀，才能有正確的門徒觀。彼得認為耶穌是君王，怎麼可以去受死呢?彼得關心人國的事，不關心神的事。

B:正確的門徒觀：捨己是放下自己，方法是捨命，不是去爭榮耀。這才是做門徒，要透過受苦來榮耀。所以禁食禱告，就是關心神的事，比自己的吃更重要。當門徒不是關心自己的感覺，而是關心神的心意，神的事情。

C:榮耀的基督

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How?

Take up my cross and follow Jesus Christ.