Deny Yourself, Take Up the Cross

Luke 6:22 KJV [22] Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company , and shall reproach you , and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

2 Peter 3:8 KJV [8] But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Isaiah 49:2 KJV [2] And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

Mark 16:20 KJV [20] And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them , and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Colossians 4:6 KJV [6] Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 KJV [8] For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: [9] But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: [10] Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us ;

Isaiah 49:4-5 KJV [4] Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD , and my work with my God. [5] And now, saith the LORD....

Lukewarm Christianity will result in rejection by Jesus