Christ Wants To Change Us
Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.” Luke 9:23(NLT) One day Jesus went to the town of Bethsaida to get away, but the crowds found out where he was going and they followed him. He welcomed them and taught them about the kingdom of God, and he healed those who were sick. Late in the afternoon the crowd was hunger, but the disciples only had five loaves of bread and two fish, which actually was a little boy’s lunch. Jesus changed the boy's lunch to a feast and fed 5000 men. The people were filled; Jesus feed them physically and spiritually, yet they had not changed. We find this to be true because, Jesus later turned to the crowd and said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn ( change) from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.” Jesus had done everything possible for these men and their families yet they remain...