The Gospel of the Cross [podcast]

“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.” Luke 9:23-24

“Dying to self I have learned is the key. I wonder what took me so long but I never heard that message. SafeguardYourSoul was the first time I heard that message. Romans 8: 7-8. I had no clue what that scripture meant. That is why I am so grateful. I was just drowning in my fleshly ways with no change. I kept thinking  ‘Is this all this is to being a Christian?’ Everyone around me seemed to be okay with living out of their flesh. I knew God had more for me but didn’t know how to get it! And all of sudden there was this site that said SafeguardYourSoul. God said ‘Click on that!’ Lol. Wow! Just exactly what I needed. Praise the Lord. Now I tell people all the time ‘Romans 8: 7-8. You need to die to self! Your self is your problem!'” Karen Cochran

As Christ’s disciple, I cannot more fully agree with sister Karen in the statement above. Personally, I never gained great traction till beginning to learn that message and applying it.

KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE: The cross message is super encouraging because the more you go down, the more the LORD is going to raise you upward. Boom.

The Results of the Crucified Life

“Entertainment is the devil’s substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the LORD, the less entertainment you need.” Leonard Ravenhill

Joy is a fruit produced by the Holy Spirit in the lives of those who are truly abiding in Christ – on His stated terms, at the center of which is the cross, the crucified life (Galatians 5:22-24; Luke 9:23-24, etc.).

SO you are talking about the fruit of the Spirit and not the cross? Read Galatians 5:22-24 now.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” Galatians 5:22-24

As we see in the above passage, the cross and the fruit of the Holy Spirit cannot be separated. The evidence of the Holy Spirit in a man’s life manifests in a raised up life, a life full of the nine dimensions of the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23!

“We are called to a death sentence. Death to pride, death to ego, death to selfishness, death to our own will, and death to our desires. We should remain prostate before the Lord and have a deep sense that we are not who we should be in the Lord Jesus. We should be always striving to be more and more like Jesus and less like self everyday (John 3:30).” Karen Cochran

“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:3

It’s by the Holy Spirit, not the Flesh

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6

“Through the Spirit” – and so it’s not a work of the flesh but rather a surrender to the Savior, the Greater One – Jesus Christ, the Almighty (Revelation 1:8)!

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye TROUGH THE SPIRIT do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” Romans 8:13

Selah.

“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” Galatians 3:3

Walking with Jesus is not a work of the flesh but rather an abiding walk in the Spirit with Him.

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16

YOUR PRAYER: Father I come to You now in fresh repentance. I re-turn to Thee. Please was me clean from all rebellion, all self-idolatry, pride, and rebellion. Please cleanse me with the precious blood of Jesus Christ my LORD and Savior. Please anoint this life to be dead, buried, and raised up for Your eternal glory. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Essential Cross of the Believer [podcast]

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Raised Up [Audio Book]

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Raised Up in Christ [podcast]

3 Resurrections to Celebrate 1. Christ’s resurrection (Matthew 27:64; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, etc.). 2. Your resurrection at the moment of regeneration and daily resurrection (Romans 1:4; 4:25; 6:3-14; 8:11; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12; Ephesians 2:6). 3. Final resurrection into glory or damnation (John 5:28; 29; 1 Corinthians 15). Christ’s resurrection guarantees ours and that we need not fear death. Dancing on hell’s grace. Read 1 Corinthians 15 serveral times. “But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and […]