If you are going to follow Jesus, you will need to deny yourself. The disciples did not yet know that Christ would be crucified, so the cross would not hold the significance that we may want to put on it. However, it does indicate a willingness to continue to deny yourself wherever Jesus leads as you follow.
And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Mark 8:34
Through the epistles we will learn that to follow Jesus is a decision to renounce or deny your life, to recognize that you are dead in Christ and to allow him to live his will (leading) through you.
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