(Luke 9:23-24) “And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his soul (life) will lose it, but whoever loses his soul (life) for My sake, he is the one who will save it.”
Crosses
Today when you mention the cross many people think of the cross on a chain that people wear around their neck or dangle from their rear vision mirror in their car or associate it with the symbol of the cross on the wall at the front of the church auditorium or on the apex of a church steeple. In many churches the spiritual benefits of the cross related to our salvation are often preached about, which is necessary, and we are encouraged by the salvation that has come to us by the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus. However, the deeper application of the cross related to us individually and personally in our daily lives is by and large neglected or superficially glossed over in the churches we attend… (To read this first study in the three part series click on the link below)
