One of the Crazy Ones Because you Deny Yourself!

One of the Crazy Ones Because you Deny Yourself!

Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

A disciple is a Christian. Jesus is saying that those that are Christians will deny themselves and follow Him! As a Christian, we should not live to ourselves or our dreams. We deny ourself. The world says live for yourself and don’t deny yourself. Indulge in whatever you want to do. But Christ says to deny yourself, to take up your cross and follow Him. You follow Him and take up the cross because you die to self and live to Christ! This means, you deny your dreams and live for the dreams God has for you. This means, you deny your desires and live for the desires God gives you. You deny you and live for Him! This is not an easy task to do because we want to give in to our desires, but we should deny ourselves! But it is not just denying yourself, it is following after Christ! That means you follow Him wherever He will lead or take you! You follow Him in helping to get the gospel to a lost and dying world! The world will look at you and think you are crazy because you are not living life for yourself, but as Christinas we are not to live our life for ourselves, we are to live our lives for Christ! Will you deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Christ?