"What it Means to Take Up your Cross"

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

Matthew 10:38  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. (KJV)

1 Peter 4:1-2

1  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

2  That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

1 Peter 4:1-5 NLT

[1] So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. 

1Peter 4:2 You won't spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God. 

1Peter 4:3 You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy-their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols. 

1Peter 4:4 Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you. 

1Peter 4:5 But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead.

Mark 8:34  And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (KJV)

Luke 9:23  And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (KJV)

Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. (KJV)

2 Timothy 3:12-14 NLT

[12] Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 

2Timothy 3:13 But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived. 

2Timothy 3:14 But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you. 

1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 NLT

[1] You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure. 

2 You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition. 

3 So you can see we were not preaching with any deceit or impure motives or trickery. 

4 For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts. 

5 Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money! 

6 As for human praise, we have never sought it from you or anyone else.

John 7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

John 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

John 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether

Song: King Jesus Will Roll All Your Burdens Away
by Kenneth Morris 1947
Pianist: Late Mrs. Loretta Ray
Singer: Marsha Singleton

Song:  "This Little Light of Mine" 

Reference Credits:

Edward G. Ivin, 1925 Ballad of America 

Harry Dixsin Loes, Arrangement,1940

John and Alan Lomax, Recording,1934

*Sung on this Episode with AdLibs. by Marsha Singleton

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Dictionary Reference:

AMG's Annotated Strong's Hebrew Dictionary
of the Old Testament
Additional materials in the dictionary were taken from The 
Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament by Warren Baker and Eugene Carpenter (c) 2003 by AMG publishers. All Rights Reserved.

AMG's Annotated Strong's Hebrew Dictionary
of the New Testament
Additional materials in this dictionary were taken from the Complete Word Study Dictionary:  New Testament compiled by Spiros Zodhiates.
(c)1992 by AMG publishers. All Rights ...