“Jesus Ask’s”

Even in these lonely regions considerable numbers would seem to have followed Him, apparently at some little distance. These He now called to Him, and addressed to them, as well as to His Apostles, some of His deepest teaching, making them sharers in this part of His instruction. Mark 8:33, Jesus faces an echo of His third temptation from Satan in the wilderness (Matthew 4:8–10, Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! ): To take an easier path that looks like salvation but really leads to hell on a nicer road. Jesus teaches that we will face the same temptation. The Heavy Cost of Discipleship BIG IDEA: THE REDEMPTIVE MISSION OF JESUS CHRIST CAN ONLY BE EMBRACED BY RELINQUISHING HUMAN AUTONOMY AND SUBMITTING TO DIVINE LORDSHIP AS A GENUINE DISICPLE [WHICH WILL INCLUDE REJECTION AND SUFFERING AND OVERCOMING BY KEPING IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH GOD] He Gets Us Offers a Sympathetic Ear and Caring Encouragement When You Need It Most. Sometimes, Having Someone Listen and Share the Word of Jesus Makes All the Difference. Jesus endured hell on the cross because hell is the punishment for sin. All that hell is, he experienced right there during these hours of darkness in which he bore our sin and endured our punishment. The wrath of God was poured out on him, and he became the propitiation for our sins (Romans 3:25, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.) (1 John 2:2, “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”This verse opens with a statement many find difficult to understand: “He is the propitiation for our sins.” The Greek word hilasmos can be translated as “propitiation,” “expiation,” or “atonement.” All of these refer to settling, satisfying, or repaying a debt.).

The Way of the Cross it reads in Mark 8:34-38,
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”