![3 Take[with me] your share of
the hardships and suffering
[which you are called to
endure] as a good (first-class)
soldier of Christ Jesus.
4 Nosoldier when in service gets
entangled in the enterprises of
[civilian] life; his aim is to
satisfy and please the one
who enlisted him. 2 Timothy
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03 06-13 forward march!
- 2. Deny yourself and take up your cross daily and follow me!
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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? (soul)
- 5. 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.”
- 6. The theology of Grace is Great but the Cross is Better! Yeshua loved everyone but his Death on the Cross is Better! Yeshua modeled faithfulness and obedience but his bloodshed at the cross is better!
- 7. The Whole of Scripture is about reconciling a “Fallen Man” to a “Holy God” The cross is the “Arm of God” reaching down to man! Death & Resurrection is the essence of our Christian Faith!
- 8. Moving! Soaring to higher Growing! dimensions in God!
- 9. “The World is a battleground not a playground” - Chip Ingram Constant “spiritual warfare” of “good” against “evil” Christians are soldiers in the “Army of God”
- 10. 3 Take[with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 Nosoldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him. 2 Timothy 2:3-5 (AMP)
- 11. 3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. 2 Timothy 2:3-4
- 12. Disciplined! Dynamic! Dedicated! Deliberate! Determined!
- 13. We march to the cross each spring: To remember To strengthen our resolve as Christian Soldiers To Honor Christ!
- 14. Steadily and rhythmically forward! Directly and purposefully Arranged in an orderly fashion
- 15. Deny yourself and take up your cross daily and follow me!
- 16. marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before. Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe; forward into battle see his banners go! Refrain: Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before
- 17. We Are Soldiers We’re In The Army We have to fight although we have to cry We have to hold up the bloodstain banner We have to hold it up until we die!
- 18. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
- 22. I am always reaching out to you! Bidding you to come to me! Have you enlisted in my Army? Are you Marching with me?
- 23. Title: “Bearing the Cross” Text: Mark 15:16-24 Join the conversation @ www.teacherpreacher.com