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•Which Jesus Do You Follow•By Joshua AdamsThe easiest Jesus to follow is the one we have rewritten.A Jesus who never confronts our sin, never challenges our desires, never interrupts our plans, and never asks us to surrender anything will always be popular.He also cannot be found in Scripture.The real Jesus said, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”Those words leave no room for comfortable Christianity.Jesus did not invite us to add him to a life that remains under our control. He called us to lay that control down.That is where many people turn away.We want forgiveness without repentance.We want resurrection without death.We want the crown without carrying the cross.We want Jesus as Savior while resisting him as Lord.But denying ourselves does not mean hating ourselves or pretending that our lives have no value. It means that our flesh, pride, desires, and personal opinions no longer have the final authority. Christ does.There will be times when his word confronts what you want.There will be times when obedience costs you relationships, approval, comfort, or plans you were convinced had to happen.There will be times when following him requires an apology, a confession, a changed direction, or the surrender of something you have defended for years.That is not punishment.That is discipleship.The cross was never meant to become a decoration worn by people who refuse to die to themselves. It is the dividing line between admiring Jesus and actually following him.We have rewritten him because the real Christ will not remain safely contained inside the life we designed.He overturns tables.He exposes motives.He calls sin what it is.He commands repentance.He demands the throne.The question is not whether we believe Jesus existed. Even devils believe and tremble.The question is whether we have surrendered enough of ourselves to follow where he leads.What part of Luke 9:23 do you believe the modern church avoids most: denying ourselves, carrying the cross daily, or truly following Christ wherever he leads?#Luke923 #ChristianDiscipleship #DenyYourself #BiblicalTruth #ChristianContent — in Palestine, TX.