To take up our cross means to we continually reaken self as dead, and realize that all we do as member of the body of God's anointed one, the called-out Assembly is be completely subject to the will or our God Yehovah and His uniquely begotten son Jesus.
Romans 6:11: Even so reckon you also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in God's anointed one Jesus. Indeed when we do that we are taking up our cross daily because if we reckon ourselves as dead then we have decided to live as bond-servants - slaves of the lord Jesus as bought and paid for by his shed blood.
1 Corinthians 6:20: for you were bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 7:23: You were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
Hebrews 9:14: how much more shall the blood of God's anointed one, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Indeed as we are cleansed from dead works and are now enabled to do good works as bond-servants of the lord Jesus - we do so as taking up our cross - reckoning self will as dead - and go forth as totally committed servants of the lord Jesus doing his will!
Jesus has told us that he expects a total commitment to carry out his commands. Revelation 3:16: So because you are lukewarm - not totally committed, and neither hot - totally committed nor cold - unconverted, I will spew you out of my mouth.
If we have not decided to be totally committed to doing God's will and live out the word He gave to His son to give to us then Jesus says he will spew us out of his mouth. He requires 100% commitment, the same 100% commitment God has made to mankind in giving His uniquely begotten son to be crucified and shed his blood on the cross in order to allow Him to be reconciled to Him in His anointed one Jesus!
We need to realize that whatever God asks of us He will provide the enabling power of His Spirit to assist us to obey Him and carry out His word and work. Without His enabling Spirit in us we are helpless to accomplish His will in our lives, with His enabling Spirit in us we can be totally committed to walk in the Spirit fulfilling as of He has commanded us to do in His anointed one Jesus.
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