May 21
“Whoever desires to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
MATTHEW 16:25
but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
MATTHEW 16:25
Some will say, “I am willing to die now that I have followed.” The person who knows the Cross says, “I am fit to follow now that I have died.”
Why is this important? Because Jesus knows that no human being is qualified to follow Him until they have first died. Jesus knows a man cannot live until he has died and been raised to life again. He therefore bids us to die right away, that He may raise us from the dead by His Indwelling Spirit and place us immediately upon the correct path.
Source: “Embrace the Cross” by Chip Brogden
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CHIP BROGDEN is a best-selling author, teacher, and former pastor who shares "real, simple, truth" about a Christ-centered faith that is based on relationship, not religion. Learn more »
So true. Stay focused on The Word.
Merci Seigneur Jésus,
Pour cette vie de résurrection !
Pour ce don de Vie qui est ta Personne elle même !
Gloire à Dieu pour un si grand salut manifesté en JÉSUS !
You have beautifully emphasized the need for death of the “old man,” or “independent self.” The one set of footprints in the sand correctly depicts the glorious truth of the believer in Christ, and Christ in the believer. Rom.6:13 says it well: “…….yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” The indwelling Christ would live His life through us, as us!