March 26, 2023

Context

Peter answered

that Jesus is the Christ, but …

Peter then answered

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that Jesus would never go to the cross!

Point

Followers of Jesus have a history of answering correctly who Jesus is but answering incorrectly what

Him looks like.

For Jesus, following the Father was going to lead Him to a

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.

For the disciples, following Jesus was going to lead them to a

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.

Where do you think following Jesus will lead you?

Is it possible that, like Peter, our understanding of what it means to follow Jesus is not accurate either?

Luke 9:23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”

Denying yourself means saying

Reveal Answer

to your self-interests.

Carrying your cross means saying

to the will of the Father in your life.

Why would we ever want to do this?

Luke 9:24 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

We carry our cross because following Jesus leads to

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.

Luke 9:25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

We carry our cross because following Jesus comes with

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.

Luke 9:26 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

We carry our cross because following Jesus today promises a glorious

.

Spend your day praying these words: “Not my

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, but Yours be done.”