Take up your cross and be a disciple
Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 08:55 AM
There was a Nazarene preacher who stuttered all the time named Buddy Robinson. Buddy Robinson never went to New York. But one time he got to go and he saw all the bright lights, he saw Broadway, he saw the Great White Way, he saw all the of Time Square. And after he saw it all, he got down on his knees up there on the street and he said, God I thank you. I have seen all that New York City has to offer, all the sinful sites. And I thank you that I didn't want a one of them! Because you see when you are sold out to Jesus you know all the devil has to offer but because self is dead, you don't want a one of them.
The method of cross bearing is to develop disciple habits. Paul said in Colossians 3:9, "you have put off the old self with its habits and have put on the new self which God is continually renewing in His own image to bring you to a full knowledge of Himself."
It is a continual, daily experience when God is continually renewing your each day. It doesn't happen one time at an altar. It is a continual process. God is renewing you moment by moment, day by day. That is what it means to take up your cross and be a disciple.
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