Jesus did not mess around. He told it like it is. If anyone wants to be known by Christ and
live for Him, there must be some real decisions made. First, we must put aside selfish
ambition. One of the ways to determine
the genuineness of faith is to look at what one lives for. A true follower of Christ lives for Christ
and not himself. He is not driven to
please himself and make himself known amongst his part of the world.
A true follower of Christ also takes up
his cross and follows Christ. A cross is
where self is sacrificed and love is displayed.
It is where total commitment to Christ is proven. A cross is very painful. It is a lonely place to be. It is misunderstood by most and mocked by
many. The cross is where faith and trust
in God is proven. It is immoveable and
requires all that we have to give. The
cross is not easy to endure and never is to be taken lightly.
A true follower of Christ understands
the dynamic of giving over to Christ his life, all of his life. He understands that only Christ can save the
soul and nothing on earth is worth holding onto compared to Christ. Jesus is the focal point of his living. He is willing to give up all of what this
life has to offer in order to remain faithful to Christ.
Only those who surrender to Christ all of
life will have eternal life. Failure to
surrender to Christ costs one eternal life in Christ. Are you sold out to Jesus? Have you given Him all of you, or are you
still trying to hang on to parts of you?
Are you living for Him alone, or are you still living for what the world
has to offer? God will not ignore our
divided loyalties.
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