61st Post Jesus On His Mission Con't - John 12: 23 - 28.

John 12: 23 - 28.
This passage is from a very busy time for Jesus at the end of His ministry. John chapter 12 opens with Mary, Lazarus' sister anointing Jesus with costly perfume, a week after Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. Greeks coming to Jerusalem to see Lazarus, the man raised from the dead. The religious leaders plotting to kill Lazarus. The Triumphal Entry of Jesus. Jesus tells the people again that He is going to die. "He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." What does this mean? If you love your life you will lose it? Jesus was saying that to follow Him you must deny yourself, pick up your cross daily and follow Him. Luke 9:23. When you follow Christ, Jesus becomes the most important thing in your life. You will stand for Him at any cost. It will cost you, that is why Jesus said you will lose it; it may not cost you, your life but it could. Now look carefully at the second part of Jesus statement, "and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." You become new by putting off the attributes of this world, and putting on Godly attributes. This process is called walking with God. If you look and act the same way you did before you were baptized, maybe you should consider making a stronger commitment to God. When you die, you should be the most like Christ you can be, until God completes that work in you. God promises to complete what He starts. Like Jesus' disciples, we also have to make a choice. Are you ready to follow Christ??