July 12 | Daily Devotion | True Meaning Of Taking Up The Cross | Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenJuly 11, 202410mWatch on YouTube

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Summary

The central message revolves around the necessity of taking up the cross, which the speaker clarifies means putting one's 'soul life' to death, rather than merely understanding the concept. He argues that a failure to hate one's soul life leads to constant offense, susceptibility to praise, and spiritual stagnation, keeping believers in a 'kindergarten' phase of faith. True spiritual growth and freedom come from accepting that only God's opinion matters.

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What does it mean to take up the cross daily?Jesus taught in Luke that following Him requires taking up our cross every day, a command rarely preached about today.Luke 9:23

Losing your life to keep itJesus stated that whoever hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal, a heavily ignored teaching.John 12:25

Distinguishing physical life from soul lifeThe call to hate our life refers to our soul life, not our physical body which is the Temple of the Holy Spirit.

Growing your spiritual capacitySpiritual capacity expands from a small cup to a river only if you know how to take up the cross and hate your soul life.

Getting offended is kindergarten ChristianityBelievers who get offended by lack of greetings, smiles, or correction are still in the spiritual kindergarten and love their soul life.

Freedom from the opinions of peopleA person whose soul life is put to death cares nothing for human praise and is not disturbed by criticism.

Freedom from depression and discouragementHating one's soul life and reputation stops the cycle of depression and discouragement caused by caring about what people think.

Humble yourself under the mighty hand of GodGod allows circumstances to strip away our reputation so we can humble ourselves and be exalted over sin and self.

Drinking the cup the Father sendsWhen people harm or speak evil of us, we must see it as the cup sent by the Father and drink it to truly follow Jesus.

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