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introduction
How many of you had a family tradition for your birthday when you grew up?
My mother’s for the four of us was to allow us to pick the restaurant to eat at on the night of our birthday.
Now when you have younger siblings you know how they act, and it never failed, on every one of our birthdays ONE of the siblings would inevitably shout out “I don't want that!”
Then my mother would say the sweetest words…”It is not about you today!”
Can i tell you this morning that Christianity is not about you and your glory? Can i tell you that the bible is not about you. That worship is not about you, and the sermon is not about you.
Christianity certainly includes you, and you were bought with a price, you are precious in the eyes of God.
He loved the world to the point that he gave his only begotten son so that you would not perish.
BUT that does not mean that you have now been elevated to the point of veneration!
The ONE who we are to make it all about Is CHRIST.
HE IS THE ONE THIS SERMON IS ABOUT.
HE IS THE ONE THE SCRIPTURES ARE ABOUT
IT IS HIM, NOT YOU, NOT ME, HIM
Read Luke 9:18-27
18 And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?”
19 They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.”
20 And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”
21 But He warned them and instructed them not to tell this to anyone,
22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”
23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
24 “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
25 “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
26 “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27 “But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
We are going to focus on this passage about the cross this morning.
23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
It is repeated several times in the gospels
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
34 And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
38 “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
27 “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
With it being repeated so many times we ought to pay attention then to these words of Jesus
I. Why Did Jesus Say This?
I. Why Did Jesus Say This?
Let us examine the context of the passage
18 And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?”
20 And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”
This is the revelation of God to Peter according to Matthew 16:17
17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
Jesus’ true self is reveled to the disciples, His identity is the Christ, the Son of God.
Now the question is what does it mean to be the Christ
The people of the day saw the Messiah as the one who would come and over throw the Romans
He was to a war lord and a political figure
But then Jesus Gives us the true description of the Messiah…
Not a messiah who would conquer the romans
But a messiah that would
22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”
Then Peter took him aside and REBUKED HIM
22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.”
23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”
Wait. Jesus just said “Blessed are you SImon Barjona!”
Yet Peter understood Christ to be something other than what Jesus truly had come to do!
He wanted a war lord, But Christ came as the suffering servant of Isaiah 53
Peter wanted the crown and the glory, but none of the cross and none of the suffering.
Peter misunderstood Jesus
How do you understand Jesus?
Is One who will give you everything you WANT
Is he one who will make your life perfect?
Is he one who will give you all the money you want?
Is he one whos will must be your will because you know what’s best for your life?
Who is Jesus to you?
Because Peter reacted this way to the cross of Christ
Jesus then says
23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
Jesus says to Peter, you dont want me to suffer?
You WIll suffer too if you follow me.
II. What Is Jesus Saying?
II. What Is Jesus Saying?
He is NOT SAYING
Each of us have an individual cross to bear
When this or that happens in our life it is our cross to bear
Friends, unbelievers go through suffering also.
Jesus is not speaking of common suffering in this life
He is speaking of a particular type of suffering which is unique to those who follow Jesus
That unique suffering is displayed in what Jesus says, it is to “DENY” yourself.
Deny your flesh
Deny your immoral desires
Deny your heart that wants to hate
THAT, when it is truly done in the Spirit of Christ will often manifest itself as suffering
To bear your cross and deny yourself is:
Suffering
Obedience
Sacrifice
Continual
“Follow me” = GK is a continual action that started in the past and continues until the present
31 I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Every DAY
III. What Does this Mean For Me?
III. What Does this Mean For Me?
This means that we are to deny our selves
Old way of this in Latin was renounce
We are to say it is no longer me who is important, I AM NOT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
We must put away our pride
WHY?
20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Pick up your cross
The cross is the center of all Christian theology
Jesus bore your sins on the cross, yet he tells us we are to pick up our own cross and bear it so that we might follow him.
We must understand that Christianity is not easy.
Follow him
By taking the cross daily
By denying myself daily
So that my soul is saved!
25 “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
Why, why does this matter?
Because Christ WILL RETURN.
26 “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
What state will he find you in on that day?
Will you be found in a state of denial of Christ or commitment to Christ?
You will one day receive the crown if you pick up the cross today