Go and Learn What Jesus Desires

Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (NKJV)Jesus commanded the prideful, religious hypocrites to “go and learn” what this means: “I...

Taking Up the Cross: Only Doers Need Apply – Part 4

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”To pick up something requires action. Picking up...

Taking Up the Cross: Nothing Else – Part 3

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”A cross is big. A cross is heavy. A cross is awkward....

Taking Up the Cross: Denying Yourself – Part 2

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”What is “the cross”? It is the cost of...

Taking Up the Cross: Going to Your Death – Part 1

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”Jesus had a way of making things simple. The phrase...