Jesus.....The Only Way   MAT: 16.24 "IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME,                        LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS                        CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME"         HIS CROSS......every man has one.....every man should carry his own!      DENY HIMSELF.....he will never carry his cross if he first doe's not                                            learn to deny himself,no one else can do this                                               for him!      FOLLOW ME..............where to LORD.....to calvary's WALK.....even                                                    as those who before you choose to follow         THIS IS GOD'S TRUE WORD.....THE ONLY WAY!                                                         JESUS IS THE NARROW GATE            THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION ON PROSPERITY & RICH LIVING HERE!       HIS LIFE SPEAKS OF TRIALS AND SUFFERING.....BUT ALSO OF GREAT         OVERCOMING VICTORY.....NO PAIN .....NO GAIN.....WE MUST FOLLOW        IN HIS FOOTSTEPS, AND SO THE SCRIPTURE INSTRUCTS US.......                1 PETER:2.21 "for even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered                                for us, leaving us an example, that ye should FOLLOW                                        "in his steps" HOW DOES THE MODERN DAY                                          church get around this? .....These are the words of                                               THE LIVING GOD    FOR THE MOST PART...... The church has put away any thought or notion of                                            any of God's children having to suffer or sacrifice!    There is to much Celebrations and not enough { if any } Lamentations.......          YES, WE CAN GO THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND STILL HAVE THE       JOY...PEACE...LOVE...THE PRESENCE OF HOLY SPIRIT TO COMFORT US        ON A DAILY BASIS WITHOUT COMPROMISE WITH THE WORLD.............     1 PETER 5:4" Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is                        to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:                          but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings;                          that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with                           EXCEEDING JOY .  If ye be reproached for the name of Christ,                          happy are ye..........                          For the of spirit of glory and of GOD resteth upon you: on                          their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.....                          Yet if any man suffer as a CHRISTIAN let him not be ashamed                          but let him glorify GOD on his behalf.                                              JOHN : 14. 6" I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the                           Father, but by me"........HE TELLS US HERE ..........I AM....                                                 THE ONLY WAY      MAT: 10. 33" but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny                         before my Father which is in heaven"                         WE can deny JESUS by more ways than our VOICE....we can                         deny him by our ACTIONS....the way we live....if we live another                         WAY than that which THE WORD instructs us to then we are                         saying we don't have to FOLLOW his ways.....BUT we just read                         I AM THE WAY......JESUS has told...shown...lived before men                         the WAY...the attitude...how it should be...LOVE ONE ANOTHER                         AS I HAVE LOVED YOU!.......So we see the need for Self Denial                         In our own lives....This is why we need THE HOLY GHOST!      PHIL: 4 19."But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches                       in glory by Christ Jesus"......GOD will supply our needs not our                       greeds or our selfish wants, and so we grow as Christians in that                       we learn TO DENY SELF and think of the NEEDS of others also!                          THIS is especially important in THE NEED of  being involved in                               sending the GOSPEL into "ALL THE WORLD"                               DENYING SELF for the lost to hear this GREAT GOSPEL.                        THIS is the very heart of JESUS....only eternity knows ...some                                one supplied the TRACT that a SINNER read and because                                 it contained the WORD OF GOD conviction came to a                                desperate heart ......A sinner REPENTED and was                                         BORN AGAIN FROM ABOVE!                                                           NOW TO THE CARRYING OF OUR CROSS.......though it contains                                self denial, it takes us further in that self denial....the laying                                down of self and its wants is not necessarily the taking on board                                of something we don't want.....THE CROSS....contains this!                                                                TO TAKE UP YOUR CROSS.....is to take on board that which                                 you don't want to; that which is against the grain.................                                 THAT which not in agreement with our FLESH....yes our                                 flesh does not desire it but "The SPIRIT is willing "                       THIS THEN IS TO CARRY OUR CROSS, TO DO HIS WILL HIS WAY                                                      YOU may get a man to a cross...but getting him ON IT it a different                         thing all together.[ Lenord Ravenhill ]                       The Blood is always and every where for Sin.....The Cross is for Self.                        NOW SUFFERING because we Love Him and choose to carry                                                   our CROSS brings forth that sweet savour                                                   even as the broken ointment jar released                                                   THE PERFUME.....so our broken lives                                                    distribute the fruit of THE SPIRIT to help                                                    others in their time of need; the CROSS is able                                                    to help us grow as Christians and it is a shame                                                             that so many REJECT that which they NEED!                             IF you aspire to be a son of consolation; if you would partake of                            the priestly gift of sympathy; if you would  pour something                            beyond common-place consolation into a tempted heart;                            if you would pass through the intercourse of daily life with the                            delicate tact that never inflicts pain; you must be content to pay                            the price of a costly education...like HIM, you must SUFFER!                                                                                            F. W. ROBERTSON                                                                 2 TIM: 2.11 "It is a faithful saying: for if we be dead with Him,                                           we shall also live with Him.....if we SUFFER,                                           we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him,                                           he will also deny us.                                                    Who will we deny.....The Lord.....or ourselves?                                          It is a fearful thing to see so little SELF DENIAL                                          preached in these LAST DAYS.....so little about                                          THE CROSS taught in these FINAL HOURS.                         HEB:12.2 "Who for the joy that was set before Him endured                                        THE CROSS, despising the shame .......                         THIS BRINGS US TO FOLLOWING.......JESUS...THE SOLE                          PERSON OF OUR 'WORSHIP'....we follow him in our daily walk                          by OBEYING....HIM......it is not meant to be complicated......                          IF we do not "the things he say, why call Him Lord.....Lord!"                          LUKE:14.26" If any man come to me..............                                    V.27" Doeth not bear his cross..................                                     V.33" He cannot be my disciple.......Cannot means Cannot                          MAT 16:25......"For whosoever will save his life                                              shall lose it; and whosoever will                                              lose his life for my sake                                              shall find it......."                      AS we daily walk in "THE SPIRIT" and obey GOD we find that                           we continually are seeking HIS WILL and only want to live for                           HIM.....every thing else begins to fade away.......it does not                           make sense any more; the only intelligent thing that we can see                           to do; is to do His Will......really all else is utter nonsense in                           the light of HIM and the GREAT LOVE he desires to pour                           through us to help HIS PEOPLE!.......By learning to listen                           and FOLLOW ......By being lead by THE SPIRIT......we come                           to desire nothing else but the PERFECT WILL OF GOD!                                 May The Lord bless and keep you as you seek HIS will and                                         the crucified life in these very difficult "LAST DAYS"                                                                   Yours in christ....J.GRIBBEN.