“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." - Luke 9:23 NIV
Some might ask..."What did Abba,Jesus and Holy Spirit did for me,for you and the whole world? My answer is this: It all happend 2,000 years ago at the calvary where the orginal cross stood. Abba, out of His great love for everybody, Sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for everybody's sin,healing, and reconciliation. The story did not end there, after three days Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus is now in heaven with Abba and left His Holy Spirit to be with us forever as we all wait Jesus' return here on earth.
This is the challenge for us now- Are we willing to deny ourselves,take up His cross daily and follow Him as mentioned in Luke 9:23? Denying ourselves and taking up His cross daily is not literally carrying a cross but counting the cause of being a christian. This means that we join Jesus everyday even in our walk of being a christian in trials,pains,sufferings and persecutions. We cannot carry our cross on our own, that is why God sent His Holy Spirit to be our help and guide in this life.
I hope that everytime we see cross symbols in our churches,homes and everywhere, we may be reminded of what Abba,Jesus and Holy Spirit has done for everybody and to deny ourselves,take up His cross daily and follow Him.
Soooo Detailed :) you're blessed with so much wisdom Jep :)
ReplyDeleteI'd like to comment about seeing cross symbol EVERYWHERE EVERYDAY and I am going to use Romans 1:20. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
ReplyDeleteHis invisible attributes, ever since the creation of the world is revealed by the cross 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ on the cross is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
The "tree" is God's revelation of the Lamb of God taking away the sin "pollution" of the world and the resurrection of Jesus Christ is revealed by the tree in giving of life "oxygen" to life.
The tree, the creation of God, is our daily experience of God's renewal everyday everywhere. It does not look like a cross but it works like the cross of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
The tree taking carbon dioxide "pollution" and giving oxygen "life" to us is God's revelation of his invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature that can be clearly perceived according to the writer of Romans. Without the trees, we wouldn't not live physically, which mirrors without the "death and resurrection" of Jesus Christ, we wouldn't not live spiritually. God's invisible attributes is the spiritual realm revealed by carbon cycle. Jesus is the bread and breathe of life.
Thank you tita cecil! The cross is life! Hallelu Yah!
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