IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME LET HIM DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME
(MATTHEW 16:24)
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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MATTHEW 16:24
RELATED CHAPTERS
MARK 8:34-38
LUKE 9 :23-25
DENY HIMSELF
To deny ourselves, is to put
off our natural affection
towards the good things of
this life, either pleasures,
profit, honors, relationship,
or any thing that that will
keep us from our obedience
to the will of GOD
JESUS CHRIST did not please
his self or seek his own will
but that of the father
JOHN 5:30
JOHN 4:34
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24) Then said JESUS unto
his disciples, if any man will
come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his
cross, and follow me
25) For whosoever will save
his life shall lose it; and
whosoever will lose his life
for my sake shall find it
26) For what is a man
profited, if he shall gain the
whole world, and his own
soul? Or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul
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LET HIM DENY HIMSELF
If any one want to be a
believer/Christian, no one is
forced, it must be on the
following terms:
TO DENY ONESELF
*is to put self out of the
picture and to put JESUS
CHRIST In place
*Any man who willing,
resolves determines to
follow JESUS CHRIST
HE MUST DENY HIMSELF
That is disown, disregard,
forsake, renounce, reject,
refuse, which means to
disregard one’s self interest
*That is giving up something
and to do without some thing
That is JESUS CHRIST will
reign and rule over our lives
and hearts
Let him deny himself of:
Sinful self
Ungodliness
Worldly lust and
All work of unrighteousness
Deny himself profit and
pleasure of this world
*Let him, deny himself that
is surrender to GOD his will,
his affections, his body and
his soul ,let him not seek his
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own happiness as the
supreme object, but be
willing to renounce all and
lay down his life also if
required
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MATHEW 20:28
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28) Even as the son of man
came not to be ministered
unto but to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for
many
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PHILIPPIANS 2:7
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7) But made himself of no
reputation, and took upon
him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness
of men
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LUKE 8:14-15
CONDITION OF ETERNAL
SALVATION
Hear the word of - Luke 8:12
Believe and be saved -LUKE
8:12
Maintain an honest and
good heart LUKE - 8:12
Keep the word of GOD in
the heart LUKE 8:12, JOHN
15:7
Obeyed the word of GOD
THE GOOD GROUND
*The seed on good ground,
these are they who have an
honest and good heart, who
hear the word they keep it
*There hearts are good
meaning are devoted,
committed, given over to the
truth, once the truth is
known they hold fast to it
*They keep the word, they
do not let the devil snatch it,
nor the trials and temptation
of life burn it, nor the care
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DENY YOURSELF
TO BRING FRUIT OF
PERFECTION
14) And that which fell
among thorns are they,
which, when they have
heard, go forth, and are
choked with care and riches
and pleasure of this life, and
bring no fruit to perfection
15) But that on the good
ground are they, which inan
honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep
it, and bring forth fruit with
patience
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WORDLY AND SINFUL
PLEASURE
*The sower of the seed is
JESUS CHRIST
The seed is the word sown in
heart of the hearer , which
represents the type of
ground and the nature of soil
that is the heart
*The seed among thorns this
is a person who receives the
word giving his mind and
attention to cares and riches
and pleasure of this world
the three are:
The cares of this life
The riches of this life
The pleasure of this life
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and pleasure of this life
choke it
They bear fruit with
diligence and patience they
endure and study, grow and
serve more and more
They constantly water and
pluck the weed and thorns,
and they continue to do so
until the fruit is fully grown
and plucked and taken home
to the master
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LUKE 18:22
DENY YOURSELF TREASURE
ON EARTH
by given your possession to
the poor
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22) Yet lackest thou one
thing; sell all that thou hast,
and distribute unto the poor,
and thou shalt have treasures
in heaven; and come, follow
me
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THE YOUNG MAN HOLD
FAST TO HIS POSSESSION
HE CAN’T DENY HIMSELF
The young ruler loved his
possession more than GOD
by refusing to give to the
poor part of his GOD given
riches
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MATTHEW 6:19-20
DENY YOURSELF OF
WORLDLY POSSESSION BY
ACTIVELY INVOLVED
KINGDOM PROGRAM OF
GIVEN TO THE POOR
JESUS CHRIST HAVE NO
WHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD
MATHEW 8:20
20) And JESUS saith unto
him the foes have holes, and
the birds of the air have
nests, but the son of man
hath not where to lay his
head
RELATED CHAPTERS
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DENY YOUR SELF OF
WORLDLY POSSESSION AND
PUT SUCH MONEY TO HELP
THE POOR AND THE NEEDY
19) lay not up for your
sleeves treasures upon earth,
where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal
20)But lay up yourselves
treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves
do not break through nor
steal
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DENY YOURSELF
*The concern for money,
possession and material
things, houses cars, lands,
and buildings, which are not
secured and lasting, but
decay and waste away that is
temporal and corruptible
*The things that dominate
peoples life which kicks them
out of heaven.
EARTHLY RICHES ARE IN
SECURED
They can be stolen or
eaten
They do not last
A person cannot take
a single thing with
him when he passes
from this world
STORE UP FOR YOURSELF
HEAVENLY RICHES WHICH
ARE
Incorruptible, can never
perish, spoil, or fade kept in
heaven for you, by giving to
the poor and needy to save
the staving world
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MARK 7:6-13 (NIV)
DENY YOURSELF TO
KNOW GOD WORDS
6) He replied, Isaiah was
right when he prophesied
about you hypocrites; as it is
written
7)They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules
thought by men
8) You have let goof the
Commandment of GOD and
are holding on to the
tradition of men
9)And he said to them; you
have a fine way of setting
aside the commands of GOD
in order to observe your own
tradition!
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6) He answered and said
unto them, well hath Isaiah
prophesied of you hypocrite,
as it is written, this people
honoreth me with their lips,
but their hearts is far from
me
7) Howbeit in vain do thy
worship me, teaching for
doctrines the
commandments of men
8) For laying aside the
commandment of GOD, ye
hold the tradition of men, as
the washing of pots and
cups; and many other such
like things ye do
9)And he said unto them, well ye reject the full
commandment of GOD, that
ye may keep your own
tradition
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FALSE RELIGION,
MAN’S COMMANDMENT,
TRADITION OF ELDERS
RULES, CEREMONIES AND
RITUALS
*The hypocrite gives lip
service while there heart is
far from GOD
TRADITION OF ELDERS;
Its empty rules and
ceremonies that is attended
by man, which set-aside by
their traditions?
*The worship is worthless,
empty and man focused than
GOD
*He teaches his tradition,
rules and ceremonies, which
is man’s idea, which is not
part of GOD’S word
*Tradition nullifies the word
of GOD and make the word
of GOD of no effect
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10) for Moses said, Honor
your Father and Mother, and,
anyone who curses his or
Mother must be put to death
11)But you say that if a man
says to his Father or Mother.
Whatever help you might
otherwise have received
from me is Corban that is, a
gift devoted to GOD
12)Then you no longer let
him do anything for his
Father or Mother
13)Thus you nullify the word
of GOD by your tradition that
you have handed down, And
you do many things like that
RELATED CHAPTERS
DEUT. 5:16
DEUT.4:40
EXODUS 20:12
LEV. 19:3
MAT. 15:4
EPH. 6:2-3
COL. 3:20
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10) For Moses said, Honor
thy Father and Mother; and
whoso cuseth Father or
Mother, let him die the death
11) But ye say, if a man shall
say to his Father or Mother,
it is Corban, that is to say, a
gift by whatsoever thou
mightiest be profited by me;
he shall be free
YOU DID NOT DENY
YOURSELF TO PROVIDE FOR
YOUR FATHER
12)And ye suffer him no
more to do aught for his
Father or his Mother
13) Making the word of GOD
of none effect through your
tradition which ye have
delivered; and many such
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DENY ONESELF BY
PROVIDING FOR YOUR
FATHER AND MOTHER
One of the mission of JESUS
CHRIST coming is to set aside
the ceremonial law, he reject
the ceremony add to the law
THE DUTY OF CHILDREN
It is clear that it is the duty
of children to take of their
parents as far as they are
able
That children that curses
their parents and those that
stave them are to die the
death MARK 7:10
The Denial of self by the
children to provide for their
parent was weakened by
false religionist, who found
device to free them from the
claim
Making null and void,
cancelling the word of GOD
of no effect and nullity which
includes: Regulation,
schedules, service,
procedures, organizations,
church attendance.
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2 TIMOTHY 2:15
DENY SELF TO STUDY THE
WORD
RELATED CHAPTER
PSALM 119:97-100
PSALM 1:1-3
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15) Study to show thyself
approve into GOD a
workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth
16) But shun profane and
vain babblings: for they will
increase unto more
ungodliness
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DENY YOURSELF TO STUDY
THE WORD OF GOD SO THAT
YOU CAN DIVIDE THE WORD
STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF
approved unto GOD: Study
not to please man but study
to please GOD
A WORK MAN THAT
NEEDETH NOT TO BE
ASHAMED
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A workman that doth his
work so well, and faithfully,
that he need not be ashamed
RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE
WORD OF TRUTH
Rightly handling the word of
GOD
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JOHN 15:6-7
DENY SELF TO MAKE THE
WORD ABIDE IN YOU
But if the word abides in the
in the heart of men and
women then they may ask
GOD in prayer and it will be
done on them
RELATED CHAPTER
DEU. 6:5-6
PSALM 1:1-3
JOSHUA 1:8
MATHEW 22:29
JOHN 14:15-21
JOHN 15:10,14
JOHN 20:9
2 TIMOTHY 4:2
COL 2:8
1 JOHN 2:3
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5) I am the vine, ye are the
branches; he that abideth in
me, and I in him, the same
bringeth much fruits for
without me you can do
nothing
6) If a man abides not in me
he is cast forth as a branch,
and is withered and men
gather them and cast them
into the fire, and they are
burned
7) If ye abide in me, and my
word abide in you, ye shall
ask what ye will, and it shall
be done unto you
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DENY SELF FOR THE WORD
DWELL IN YOU FOR FRUITS
BEARING:
JESUS CHRIST CONDITIONAL
PROMISE OF BEARING
FRUITS
If you remain in me, that is
abide of the believer in
CHRIST:
* Study and learn the word
* Have his thoughts and
desire controlled by the
word
*Be motivated and
controlled by the word
*The man who truly loves
JESUS CHRIST have no option
but to know and keep his
commandment
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MATHEW 6:24
DENY YOURSELF FROM
HAVING TWO MASTERS BUT
GOD
MAMMON: Is the name give
to idol worship as god of
riches of the world, which is
used to denote wealth
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24) No man can serve two
masters, for either he will
hate the one, and love the
other, or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve GOD
and MAMMON
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TWO MASTERS: GOD AND
THE EVIL WORLD
MAN MUST DENY ONE:
The man who loves GOD
cannot love the evil world
NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO
MASTERS:
That is two masters that
command contrary things
each to other GOD and
Mammon
, it is clear either you serve
GOD or material things:
There are two treasures: the
earth and its treasure or
GOD and his treasure,
physical and material things
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or spiritual and eternal
things.
*Every man without
exception has committed his
life to one of the two
Treasures Mammon or GOD
you must deny one to serve
the other.
Many look at wealth as a
blessing of GOD, a sign that
one is godly, but the bible
says differently about earthly
riches
1 TIMOTHY 6:15-11
JAMES 5:1
PHILIP. 3:19
1 JOHN 2:15-16
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MATHEW 7:13-14
THE WIDE AND WORLDLY
GATE:
The wide gate I is wide
enough to include all: all
belief no mater, all appetites,
and passion, all liberties and
licensed, all sin and
selfishness, all covetousness,
all religion
The gate is swung open that
any and all can enter
RELATED CHAPTERS
LUKE 13:3
LUKE 13:23-25
ACTS 3:19
ACTS 17:30
ROMANS 3:12
JOHN 3:3
1 PET. 1:23
GAL 5:19-21
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DENY YOURSELF
TO ENTER INTO THE STRAIT
AND NARROW WAY
13) Enter ye in at the strait
gate for wide is the gate, and
broad is the way, that
leadeth to destruction, and
many there be which go in
thereat
14) Because strait is the gate
and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find it
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DENY YOUR SELF TO ENTER
THE STRAIT AND NARROW
WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE
EVERLASTING:
There are two choice in life,
as man face a single gate,
man cannot see the narrow
gate ; it has to be searched
for and found
TWO GATES ONE WIDE AND
THE OTHER NARROW:
THE WIDE GATE IS THE
WORLD THE NARROW GATE
IS THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN
*The wide gate is for every
man is only gate that faces
everybody, no entrance is
necessary is wide open.
*The narrow gate is not
seen, a person has to search
for it in order to find it, which
is opposite of the wide gate
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that means that the narrow
gate is:
Is not immediately nor
naturally seen
*Can be found only if one
turn and repent to find it
It has to be sought
It is difficult to be found very
narrow
THE WIDE GATE IS THE
WORLD:
The wide gate stands open
there is no single hindrance
to enter the wide gate, no
restriction no condition its a
wide open door
Plenty of people can enter
and are entering its wide
open at any given time
It appears is the only gate to
enter because there is:
is so much crowd
around it
Are so many people
entering it
Is so much activity
going on
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MATHEW 7:24-27
THE TWO CLASS OF MEN
WISE AND FOOLISH
How we build our lives
determines in which class
we are placed
ALL KIND OF RAIN STORM:
sickness
tension
rejection
pain
sorrow
accidents
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DENY YOURSELF
TO BUILD ON THE ROCK
24)Therefore whosoever
heareth these saying of mine,
and doeth them, iwill liken
him unto a wise man, which
built his house upon a rock
25) And the rain, descended,
and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon
that house; and it fell not: for
it was founded upon a rock
26) And every one that
heareth these sayings of
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THE WISE BUILDER
*How we builds our live
determines our eternity
either a man hear and
follows obey or hear and
disobeyed the instruction
*The saying of JESUS
CHRIST, instruction and word
are materials which
determine the structure and
faith of our lives
*Our lives and destinies
depend upon how we
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neglects
death
disappointment
failure
temptation
loss
poverty
sin
abuse
suffering
disease
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mine, and doeth them not
shalt be likened unto a
foolish man, which built his
house upon the sand
27)And the rain descended
and the floods came and the
wind blew, and beat upon
that house; and it fell; and
great was the fall of it
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respond to the saying of
JESUS CHRIST
*The wise builder build on
the rock, the only foundation
that we build and structure
our lives
*Our lives and destines are
determined by what we do
with the word, the saying of
the LORD JESUS
*Building upon the rock
takes time/denial,
commitment and energy
*We have to deny our self,
give up slumber, and apply
ourselves ever to diligence
*The wise builder faces
storm, there is always storm
in life, and always will be ,
the wise builds on excellent
house, storm rain on the
righteous and unrighteous , is
only a wise builder that
survive the strom. Who built
his live on CHRIST will never
fall, no matter the severity
of the storm
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MATHEW 12: 35
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DENY YOURSELF
TO BRING OUT GOOD
TREASURES
35) A good man out of the
good treasure of the heart
bringeth forth good things;
and an evil man out of the
evil treasures bringeth forth
evil things
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A GOOD MAN OUT OF A
GOOD TREASURE:
A good man’ is a
regenerated man, one that is
renewed by the Spirit of
GOD, a believer a sincere
lover of JESUS CHRIST and
one who follow CHRIST
*A man’s word expose his
true nature, what he is like
beneath the surface
A man’s word exposes his
mind, what he thinks
*A man’s word his Spirit,
what he believes and
pursues; the legitimate or
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illegitimate, the intellect or
ignorant
A mans heart exposes his
heart what he thinks pure, or
impure true and untrue,
dirty or unclean
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