Lesson 2446

(Lesson 2446)(08-26-18) Mark 8:34-38
    “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. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

    Today’s lesson is a very important one in that it gives us a look into what Jesus requires of those who choose to follow Him. When a lost soul commits to our Lord Jesus Christ, in order to assure eternal salvation, that commitment must be total and absolute. Does this lesson mean that if we commit sin Jesus will deny us before the Father? NO! That commitment guarantees that, if we commit sin, Jesus will stand as our intercessor before God the Father, and, if Jesus stands as our intercessor, its as if the sin never occurred. As Paul put it, the sin is “justified” by the righteousness of Jesus.~