City On A Hill Sermons
In this sermon, the message looks at the words of Jesus in Matthew 16:24-26, where He calls His disciples to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him. While the phrase “my cross to bear” is often used today to describe a hardship or burden someone has to live with, this sermon points back to what those words would have meant when Jesus first spoke them. A cross was not a symbol of inconvenience or struggle. It was a sign of death, surrender, shame, and the complete end of self-rule. The sermon challenges us to see that Jesus was not simply calling His followers to endure difficulty, but to let the self-life be crucified. The part of us that fights to preserve itself, live on its own terms, and demand its own way is the part that must be denied. Through Matthew 16 and Luke 9, the message reminds us that following Jesus means losing the life we tried to save, so that we may truly find life in Him. Taking up the cross daily is the declaration that our old demands no longer rule us, and that we now belong fully to Christ.
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