Take up your Cross and Follow Him!!! Part 3

The cost of taking up your cross. Luke 9:23 says, And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 

The bible is very clear about this. It says in John 15: 18-19 verse 18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. Comforting to know that when you pick up your cross and follow Him that the world will hate you. You mean everybody will hate me, yes if they are of the world. Even the religious leaders did not believe in Him, to go further they hated him and wanted him dead. luckily, they don't want to kill us, but I will be bold and say they do want to kill us maybe us personally, but they want to kill God in America they are constantly trying to take God out our schools and our government. So, they hated God and still goes onto this day. I want to mention the bible is not some ancient book but a boof yesterday, today, and forever.

You will also be persecuted, tortured and beaten and even put to death as I mentioned above. When you hear that you're probably asking what did I sign up for. Well that leads me to the next thing and that once you pick up your cross it will not be easy.

This road that you walk with Jesus as one who has picked up his cross and are following him will not be easy. It will be hard, and you will be asked to stand up for your faith and in that moment will you cave or stand for Christ no matter what. This goes back to what mentioned above they may bring you before rulers or authorities and ask you to renounce your faith if you don't they will beat you and torture or kill you.

The final thing that taking up your cross will cost you, is everything. yes, I said everything, you will have to give up everything to pick up your cross. As I said yesterday about what you will have to give up.it is so worth to give it all up and take up your cross and Follow Him.

I will leave you today with this verse Galatians 6:14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 

Bible verses taken from the NASB