Why the Cross Leads Home, Matthew 16:21-26 – Song 616

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It’s a Homeward bound path,

1st Stanza
Matthew 16:21 ESV
21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
The plan that leads home is the CROSS
The plan that leads home is the CROSS
· Crucifixion
· Resurrection
· Obedience
· Salvation
· Sacrifice

It’s a Blood-sprinkled perspective,

2nd Stanza
22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
Matthew 16:22–23 ESV
22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

It’s a Farewell to the world price,

3rd Stanza
Matthew 16:24-26
Matthew 16:24–26 ESV
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
· Deny self (worldly: habits, appetites, friends, careers)
· Deny self (worldly: habits, appetites, friends, careers)
· Bear the cross (lay aside side/weight; obey –
· Follow Christ (attend, baptism, resist, prayer, service, submit…)
· Wrong: young ruler, Judas, Felix, Agrippa
· Right: Apostles & Martyrs
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