And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." Mark 8:34 (NASB)
Jesus called those who would follow Him to a life of self-sacrifice. "... he must deny himself, and take up his cross ..." But, somehow, an entitlement attitude has found it's way into the church today. It's that attitude that says, "Because I follow Him, He must bless me at all times, and give me all that I desire."
That is diametrically opposed to the command of Christ. It's the polar opposite of "deny himself, and take up his cross".
Simply put: You cannot deny yourself and take up a cross with a sense of entitlement. You cannot believe in sacrifice and entitlement at the same time.
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