Jesus Predicts His Death
21 Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 22 And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” 23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. 25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.27 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
Everyday, we have to study the teachings of Christ and put this into practice no matter how difficult it is. Everyday life will give us a test in small and big ways to determine how far are we in how spiritual growth.
ReplyDeleteWhat good it is to us to gain everything we want in life if in the process we lost our soul? If only people believe that God and hell exists for real then it should not been difficult to convince them to change their ways. But the world is full of distractions and deceptions. Pity to the spirit who gets carried away by ways of this world.