Take Up Your Cross | Gospel of Matthew

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What if control is actually an illusion? What if yielding is actually the path to freedom and joy? John Mark explores Jesus' call to deny your self and take up your cross and follow Him. In a culture of hedonism, digital instant gratification, and postmodern propaganda, this call sounds bizarre. But in yielding control to God in trusting love, we enter the Kingdom.

Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 16v21-27

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0:00.0	Welcome to the John Mark Comer
0:03.0	Teachings Podcast by practicing the way.
0:05.0	This teaching was originally given
0:08.0	at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon
0:10.0	as a part of the Gospel of Matthew series.
0:13.0	This is a photo of the cross on the
0:20.0	this is a photo of the cross on top of our new building that we are just over a month away from a move in on
0:30.4	Come on. Come on.
0:34.0	All right.
0:38.0	I can go with that.
0:40.0	I can go with that and notice that it has a circle behind it.
0:47.0	FYI if you're not sure on the meaning of that, the cross is symbolic for the cross,
0:57.1	and the circle is symbolic for the resurrection, as in the stone that was in front of Joseph of Airmithio's tomb, which is a gift, a pet peeve of mine,
1:08.0	not to go on a side rant, but to go on a side rant, is the way that in Western thought often even theologians emphasize
1:16.4	the cross over the resurrection and that has all sorts of far-reaching implications
1:20.8	so I'm very happy that our new building has impeccable theology.
1:25.0	Well, well done, Mr or Mrs architect, but while the circle is less common, the cross on top of a church motif is ubiquitous, all across not only the Western world but the worst world in general.
1:42.0	At the center of Christian spirituality is an evocative image of
1:46.7	the cross. But over the centuries the image has become far too sentimental. It's been turned into an architectural feature or a
1:56.6	church logo or an item of jewelry that is not a passive-aggressive dig at any of you wearing a cross right now.
2:05.0	Apparently in particular if you're a dude a cross-earing is very on trend right now.
2:11.0	Well done. It's just a way of saying that in the first century
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