This Is the Way of the Cross Mark 8:34-38 Niv

The Way of the Cross Than he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny himself and take up my cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever losses their own life for my sake and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for you to gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul? Or what can you give in exchange for your soul? If any are ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels," Mark 8:34-38. Peter and John before the Sanhedrin Acts 4:12 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or by what name did you do this? Than Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers and Elders of the people! If we are called today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and being asked how he was healed, than know this, you and all of the people of all of the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Jesus is: "the stone which has become the cornerstone." Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name given under heaven by which we might be saved. Acts 4: 18-21 Than they called them again and commanded them not to speak or to teach in the name Jesus. But Peter and John replied, "What is in God's eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges! As for us, we cannot stop help speaking about what we have seen and heard," After further threats, they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all of the people were praising God for what had happened. For the man who was miraculous healed was over forty years old. Acts 4: 25-26 You spoke through the Holy Spirit from the mouth of your servant, our father, David. "Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one, you builders rejected." Luke 23: 34 "Jesus said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing." Luke 23: 42-43 Then he said, (the thief on his right hand), "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Than Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Roxanne Lea Dubarry July 15, 2023