Denial, Lift Your Cross and Follow - Matthew 16: 24-26

Jesus Christ is God in all His fullness here He draws His apostles to hear the importance of what He has to say for this is what keeps you in top gear Denial is a word little used today nobody wants or knows its meaning but Jesus here says to deny yourself so to come after Him and indeed stay Jesus promises we all have our cross so He commands us to take it up whatever that'll mean, pain and sorrow for Jesus took up His cross, truly a full cup Then we are to go and follow follow this Jesus on His chosen path a path ordained from heaven above any other way brings on God's wrath Forsake all the world's promises for that brings only failure and loss heavens riches and victory are ours when we take up Christ on the cross (Matthew 16:24-26 Then Jesus said to his apostles, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what would it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?")