Here is a question. Did Jesus carry His own cross the entire time or was there a time He needed help? How would that work into the idea works? If Jesus couldn't carry His cross all the way to His crucification what does it mean if we need help with our cross and how does it pertain to works?
What happens if we drop our cross and need help, does it effect our salvation?
Jim
Luke 14:27 Picking up your own cross, works and salvation?
Luke 14:27 Picking up your own cross, works and salvation?
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We absolutely need help carrying our cross and it is provided by the Holy Spirit.
Apparently a man named Simon some how helped Jesus with his cross at the end. (see versus below) But I think that simply shows how physically beaten down Jesus was. I'm not inclined to add any additional meaning to it. If one is inclined that way then I think it is just another discussion about Calvinism vs. non Calvinism.
Mat 27:31-33 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
Apparently a man named Simon some how helped Jesus with his cross at the end. (see versus below) But I think that simply shows how physically beaten down Jesus was. I'm not inclined to add any additional meaning to it. If one is inclined that way then I think it is just another discussion about Calvinism vs. non Calvinism.
Mat 27:31-33 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
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