Do you understand the cross?

Do you understand that if any man wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Matthew 1624.

If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny.

Forget about yourself.

Deny yourself and then pick up your cross.

The cross is the instrument of what death

and follow me

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We're glad you've tuned in for our continuing exploration of what it takes to closely

commune with Jesus.

Today, Roll will underscore the unparalleled importance of repentance for all who genuinely

desire a relationship with Christ.

Stay with us to discover the transformative power of God's forgiveness,

freely given to all who receive his salvation and submit to his will.

Let's join Roll Rees now in Mark, Chapter 1.

Let's read the scripture, verse 14 and 15 of Mark's Gospel.

He says, now after John was put into prison,

Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel and the kingdom of God and saying, the time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe the gospel. Now notice how he starts that. Now you've

got to remember that Peter, James, John the Baptist, and Paul the Apostle, all four of them.

And mark this down, four of them. Their first message was repent. So repentance is a very important word. Because as he says here and now, John

was put into prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and says the time is

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