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1 | matthaew 16 verse 24 | Matt 16:24 | archsalv | 29098 | ||
What does Matthew 16,-24 mean when it says pick up ypur cross | ||||||
2 | matthaew 16 verse 24 | Matt 16:24 | Hank | 29099 | ||
Archsalv, hello. Man has never devised a more cruel, a more degrading, a more agonizing way to die than to die on a Roman cross. What a horrid picture Jesus' mentioning of a cross must have been invoked in the minds of his disciples. What was their Teacher saying? Was he demanding a commitment from them so strong, so total and absolute that they must be willing to die for His sake? Must their devotion to Him be such that they themselves would be willing to suffer the agony of the cross for His sake? The answer for them was Yes. And the answer for every Christian has always been Yes -- and is Yes still. (See Matt. 10:38; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23 and 14:27.) --Hank | ||||||