A man with a cross on his back is going to die

One thing that was certain in the time of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that a man with a cross on his back was going to die. He was carrying his cross to be crucified. There is no escaping it unless in the last hour he was pardoned. But that is extraordinarily to happen. He was certainly going to die. Christ calls all of his disciples to carry their cross daily if they will follow him. That is all of Christ's disciples are to carry their cross daily on their backs. They are to crucify all of their wills and desires and submit to his will. Their life is forfeited and crucified and they are to live entirely upon him and in him. Notice that this is to be done daily. Each day his disciples are going to Golgotha to crucify their flesh. They are to kill themselves in order to live for Christ. And in doing this daily is the Christian most happy and satisfied but many I must say sadly neglect their cross and rather than carrying it on their backs have made it their delight. for if they were to put the cross on their backs then they would feel its heaviness and misery and immediately go on that hill to put it down so that they can be crucified on it. But many Christians these days do not feel the heaviness of their own crosses and think that Christ will carry it for them when he has done it once and for all already. if they are to be happy in their daily lives then this is a necessity to crucify their own flesh and sit humbly before the heavenly Christ and do his bidding with great joy.

K.Oni