If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”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.For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
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… take up your cross. If you want to follow me, you carry a cross. Mark 8, whoever is ashamed of me, in my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. That Jesus said that, tells us, he understood, his disciples would have that battle within themselves, that they might be ashamed. Paul knew this. Some relationships that you have will be tested by your commitment to the gospel. Some jobs you may not get because of your commitment to the gospel. There may be schools or programs or initiatives that do not come your way because you are committed to the gospel, and you may feel in that moment some embarrassment. Think about the negative associations that sometimes come to Christians, to the church, to the Christian religion. We see this too in the New Testament. Paul says in 2 Timothy 1, he was so grateful that this man named Onesiphorus refreshed him, and he says, he was not ashamed of my chains. Paul was in prison, and the world didn't know. They didn't care to realize why Paul was in prison. They just said, here's a man who must have done some shameful thing. Look at what everybody's saying about him. The controversial Apostle Paul. Shame associated with Christians, with the church. Legal shame. Internet shame. …
… and yet lose or forfeit his very self? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of Him when He comes in His glory. In the glory of the Father and the holy angels. Listen to verse 27. I tell you the truth. Some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the what? Kingdom of God. You come after me. You deny yourself. Take up your cross. Follow me. You lose your life for the kingdom. Some of you will not taste death until you enter the kingdom of God. Same chapter over in verse 57. Some guys come up to Jesus. They are eager to be His disciples. We want to follow you. Look at verse 57. They were walking along the road and a man said to Jesus, I will follow you wherever you go. Here's a prospective disciple. What does Jesus say? Jesus replied, There's no rich Carlton on this road. Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests. …
… Because everyone who's ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, I'm going to be ashamed of him when I come in the glory of my father and the holy angels. so if you want to follow Jesus then you deny yourself and you take up your cross and you get behind him because because because because I'm going to linger here at the surface level of grammar and words for just a moment to make two points. first. If any graduates can read Mark 8, 34 to 38, and not see the four layers of argumentation that Jesus gives for following him, then in your case, we have failed. because that's what we do here. we have linked arms to learn how to see us what we do. We teach people to see what's there, really there. So that's the first point. Second point, we don't just teach people how to see, we teach them how to see through. I mean, who cares about words? Words, words, words, grammar, grammar, grammar. Who cares? …
… for what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul for what can a man give in return for his soul for whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him will the son of man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his father with the holy angels. That's heavy. This isn't me. This is Jesus Christ, the son of God, the one who's coming back with his holy angels and flaming fire. He says, look, whoever wants to save his life, whoever would save his life, this is a promise. This is a promise from Jesus. And understand, he's saying this because he loves you. Okay? These are words. Jesus, Jesus loves you so much. He's the one that died for you. No one else has died for you and suffered for you. Because I went through that for you. And I'm saying this out of love. If you're going to try to save your life, I promise you, you're going to lose it. I promise. And you guys think about it. Are we really going to save our lives? In this day and age, in 2017, with all the things that are going on in our world, even this week, whether it's hurricanes or bombs or shooters or whatever, What are you, you're going to save your life. …