No room for Divided Interests in this Life, only one interest Matters for all Eternity, and that is to take up your Cross and follow Christ Mark 8: 31-38

Mark 8: 31-38

31And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.32And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

34And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35For whoever would save his life^d will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37For what can a man give in return for his soul? 38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Title: No room for Divided Interests in this Life, only one interest Matters for all Eternity, and that is to take up your Cross and follow Christ

Reflecting during this Lenten Season, we must consider our Loyalties in this life and resolve to have a single purpose of Loyalty to follow God the Father’s Sovereign will and Plan by following Christ to the Cross.

There is no room for Divided Interest in this Life. You cannot Embrace the Sovereignty of man centered concepts and belief and at the Same time embrace the Sovereignty of God, indeed, you will end up ignoring God’s ordained purpose and will by holding onto your own effort, merits and dependency on self to please God, to the abandonment of the Cross of Christ.

You cannot have the glory of Christ without the Suffering of Christ in His shed blood and Death on the Cross for forgiveness of Sins.

Let us Reflect upon Christ’s word’s to us and understand the Two perspectives in life that Exist, and according to our Lord’s Words there is no Compromise, you cannot serve the Kingdom of Satan and this World and at the Same time serve the Kingdom of God and of Christ.

Mark 8:33

"Get Thee Behind me, Satan!"
 



Jesus Predicts His Death

31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”