• What “cross” are we to take up and bear?
  • The stake on which He died
    • Matthew 27:40
    • John 19:17
    • Luke 23:26
    • John 19:19
    • John 19:25
  • His death
    • Philippians 2:8
    • Colossians 1:20
    • Hebrews 12:2
  • The entire process of salvation
    • I Corinthians 1:17
    • I Corinthians 1:18
    • Galatians 5:11
    • Galatians 6:12
    • Galatians 6:14
    • Philippians 3:18
    • Colossians 2:14 – Nailing the law to the cross symbolically canceled it and made it of no effect.
  • Christ bore His own cross and each must bear his own cross to be saved.
    • Matthew 10:38
    • Luke 9:23
    • Luke 14:27
  • “What cross are we to take up and bear?” Let us look at Luke 9:23 again. If one comes to Jesus, he denies self, takes up his cross, and follows Jesus. Thus, one follows Jesus by denying self and following Jesus.