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Luke chapter 9 verse 23 and Jesus said to all

if anyone would come after me

let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

I want you to think about the beginning and the end of this passage.

The beginning and the end of this verse.

So Jesus says if anyone would come after me.

So this is introductory teaching about what it means to follow Jesus.

This is not like for the mature.

This is not for a certain level of Christian.

Like this is for anyone who would call themselves

a follower of Jesus.

So this is introduction to what it means to follow him. If anyone

would come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

So I emphasize daily because it's not just an introductory lesson

about what it means to follow Jesus.

It's an ongoing lesson about what it means to follow Jesus.

The implications here are massive one for coming to faith in Jesus, for anyone to come to faith in Jesus,

for anyone to come to faith in Jesus

means to deny yourself, to die to yourself,

take up your cross, to confess your sin before God, to turn from your sin and not just

your sin, but from yourself from your every attempt to earn the

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