Deny Yourself, Take Up Your Cross, Never Be Ashamed

Mark 8:34-38 (English Standard Version)
34And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37For what can a man give in return for his soul? 38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

If you are a follower of Jesus, then you must do things his way.

1. If you are following Jesus, you must deny yourself.
2. If you are following Jesus, you must take up your cross.
3. If you are following Jesus, you must not be ashamed of Him.

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Mark 8:34-38