Discipleship: The Paradox

Paradox defined: A statement that seems to contradict itself. The call to discipleship and the cost of discipleship SEEM a hard, heavy weight to bear, but the truth is discipleship is the one way to eternal life AND to find the highest meaning in this life. That

Luke 9:23-25 “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?”

Deny. Deny. Deny.

Paul: I die daily. See nothing but Jesus, not yourself. Hard in our culture.

Take up your cross. Take up your cross.

Detach from the things of this world. Die to your will. Forgive the sins of others. Tim Remington.

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