Jesus is the one God has chosen and sent to lead all mankind to the spiritual peace and prosperity of life in communion with God.
Christ’s Kingdom is built around the cross, around suffering, sacrifice, and self-denial.
He is the Messiah, God’s anointed, and his Kingdom would stand forever, but he would establish it through obedience to the Father’s will, even unto death by crucifixion.
And everyone who wished to enter that Kingdom would have to follow the same path: obedience to God’s will, no matter how difficult it might be, “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.”
Earth isn’t heaven and never will be, that the path to abundant meaning and happiness passes through a daily cross, that unless we are willing to sacrifice our personal preferences and worldly desires we will never reach the goal for which we were created – this lesson must be able to seep down into our hearts and spread into every corner of our minds and life.
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