A Christ Follower: The Journey

  What Does It Mean: Part One? Then Jesus said to His disciples , “If anyone will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Matthew 16:24   A Profound Teaching of Jesus Jesus, in this teaching, is making profound statements: He is spelling out clearly what He expects of people who wish to know Him as Savior, and also know Him as Lord; therefore, it is vital we, who want eternal life, be clear on precisely what Jesus means as He declares this big “IF” that makes possible for human beings to truly be Christ Followers and reap the glorious benefits of Eternal Salvation. In the coming blogs, we will share together what this big “IF” means. We will discuss what denying ourselves means, and then we will look at what following Him means, and how important it is to really understand what His teachings say to us in Matthew 16:24. What Is the Big Deal About These Six Words? Jesus is talking to men who are in the process of leaving their old lives b

  R ock-solid   E ternal   S pirituality   T oday:   BECOMING Psalm 127:1 Amplified Unless the Lord builds   the house, anyone attempting to build it their way, in their strength, using only their mere human skill, is really wasting God’s, and their, time trying to build it. It won’t happen. If the Lord is not, Himself, guarding it, and protecting it,   and people try to be the guards, they will fail miserably. IN MY LIFE: In my life, I have learned the importance of abiding in Christ, and He in me. Jesus describes this relationship, with Him, as being like a branch that is a part of a vine. The branch absolutely cannot be alive, nor can it produce fruit, apart from the vine. Therefore, Jesus strongly declares absolute truth: “Apart from me you can do NO-thing!” Something to Consider Consider this, in light of building a home, a life, a relationship, a family, a church, a nation or a culture: Based on the Jesus “ Vineyard Principle ” above, and the emphatic, and emperative, teaching of