Let Him Deny Himself

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Ron

Mat 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.

Mar 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Luk 9:23 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.


I am wondering what this scripture means to you.

I am not looking to debate, just to find out from you that if you were reading this scripture for yourself, what would it mean to you?

I have underlined verses that in particular jumped out at me.

Anyone?

To me, it means being unselfish.

[Bro-Larry]

To me these verses are not at all referring to anything that I might deny myself the enjoyment of, of any other form of self flagilation or any type of suffering for lack of anything.

Jesus said , (paraphrase)"If you want to be my disciple, you must deny yourself any thought that your self effort will gain you any benefit toward becoming my disciple. You must believe that I did it all. If you make the effort, then you'll take the credit. Jesus get's all the glory."

JMO.

[Cindy]

I agree with all the posts so far. Thank you Jesus for your self sacrifice for us.