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Take up your cross and follow Jesus

Take up your cross and follow Jesus. "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it (Matt. 7:13-14).

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Take up your cross and follow Jesus

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  1. Take up your cross and follow Jesus

  2. "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it (Matt. 7:13-14). Follow Jesus and keep your soulMk. 8:34-38 Keep your soul • Deny self Phil. 2:7-8; Mk. 10:23-25

  3. knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; (Rom. 6:6). . . . I die daily (1 Cor. 15:31). Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry (Col. 3:5). Follow Jesus and keep your soulMk. 8:34-38 Keep your soul • Deny self Phil. 2:7-8; Mk. 10:23-25 • Take up cross Matt. 10:34-39

  4. "It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. . . . (Matt. 10:25). Follow Jesus and keep your soulMk. 8:34-38 Keep your soul • Deny self Phil. 2:7-8; Mk. 10:23-25 • Take up cross Matt. 10:34-39 • Follow Jesus 1 Pet. 2:21

  5. choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin (Heb. 11:25). What’s the profit, if you forfeit? • Pleasures of sin Heb. 11:25 • Hell Matt. 25:41, 46 Follow Jesus and keep your soulMk. 8:34-38 Keep your soul • Deny self Phil. 2:7-8; Mk. 10:23-25 • Take up cross Matt. 10:34-39 • Follow Jesus 1 Pet. 2:21 • Lose your life

  6. “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels. . . . These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matt. 25:41, 46). What’s the profit, if you forfeit? • Pleasures of sin Heb. 11:25 • Hell Matt. 25:41, 46 Follow Jesus and keep your soulMk. 8:34-38 Keep your soul • Deny self Phil. 2:7-8; Mk. 10:23-25 • Take up cross Matt. 10:34-39 • Follow Jesus 1 Pet. 2:21 • Lose your life

  7. What’s important? • Seek God first Matt. 6:33 Follow Jesus and keep your soulMk. 8:34-38 Keep your soul • Deny self Phil. 2:7-8; Mk. 10:23-25 • Take up cross Matt. 10:34-39 • Follow Jesus 1 Pet. 2:21 • Lose your life What’s the profit, if you forfeit? • Pleasures of sin Heb. 11:25 • Hell Matt. 25:41, 46

  8. Take up your cross and follow Jesus

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