TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS Take up your Cross; we may have heard sermons on this part of scripture.This is also a popular quote on all types of media :memes, posters, T-shirts, cups and etc.... Usually only part of the scripture "take up his cross daily and follow Me" , or just "take up your Cross" is quoted from Luke 9:22-24, Mark 8:34 or Matthew 10:38. The full text in Luke 9 says "22.The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” 23 Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 24. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. . In Mathew and Luke Jesus is speaking to his disciples of his prophesied rejection,persecution death on the cross and resurrection. In fact, in the Gospel of Mark, Pete...