To Follow the Lamb

Jesus admonished his disciples – If anyone wishes to come after him, “ Let him deny himself daily, take up his cross, and follow after me .” This is more than metaphorical or hyperbolic language. It was said at the very time the Nazarene was on his final journey to Jerusalem where he would demonstrate to the world just what it meant to “ deny oneself and take up the cross .” To borrow a phrase from the older Holiness Movement, Death to Self .