TSK · Mark 8:34

I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.

The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Then he called the crowd again and said to them,“Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said,“You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

Jesus Warns the Disciples against Pride As all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter,“Follow me.”

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body– for the sake of his body, the church– what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.