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NASB | Luke 9:23 ¶ And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 9:23 ¶ And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross daily [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]. |
Subject: take up "his" cross |
Bible Note: Dear PDAL, You wrote, "Our pastors teach us that there is really only one message in the bible and that is God's plan of redemption." And that represents the consensus of the church, which thing they should be teaching. (cf Hebrews 1:1-2; Luke 24:27, etc.) Be careful about the "God's view" versus "man's view" thing. Certainly it is taught in Scripture. But people twist it (2 Peter 3:16b) to basically ignore everything the Holy Spirit has taught the church over the centuries. Pretty silly, that, since it is clearly not what the Scriptures teach, but actually represents one of those "man view" things! (cf Colossians 2:8) The teachers that do this maintain their authority over the ignorant masses that way. It puts us all the way back into the Dark Ages. Ah, well, Satan doesn't need to try new things when the old things work so well! In Him, Doc |