Take up your Cross and Follow Him!!! Part 2

What you have to give up?  And He summoned the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. Mark 8:34

This is very clear what you have to give up to take up your cross and follow Him. You must deny one self to take up your cross and follow Him. To deny the flesh and put your self aside is what it is what it means to deny oneself.

 The next thing you have to give up is to no look back. Matthew 8: 22 says, But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” They wanted to go back and bury their dead, but Jesus no let them do that themselves. I believe Jesus was talking about look forward to your Cross not the things that are behind you. To go and move forward in your cross.

Matthew 16:24 say, Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. It doesn't say it here but to can be implied that they had to leave everything behind. it talks about some of the disciples got out of the boat and started to follow Jesus right then and there. Matthew 4:22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. It doesn't say that they went and got their stuff and came back. I believe this is the biggest one even though it is not explicitly said.

What do we have to give up to pick up our cross and Follow Him, we have to abandon it for the sake of the cross, Which means we have to deny one self, not look back, give up everything.

All verse taken from the NASB