In Matthew 10:38, Jesus completes His statement from verse 37 to the disciples with this: “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.”

Often times, we accept Christ as our Savior but not as our Lord. However, He will not be one without the other. If He is our Lord,then He MUST be our Savior; if He is our Savior, then He MUST be our Lord. Yet, a lot of times, we say we are saved but we run completely away from Him. My beloved, if we are truly saved, we must follow Him. We must walk with Him, and He will walk with us, and within us. The apostle Paul says if we confess with our mouths that “Jesus is Lord” and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead, then we will be saved. If we believe it in our hearts, we have no choice to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. It is not possible to lose our salvation, but we must examine ourselves and make sure we have it already. As Jesus said “Not everyone who says Lord, Lord shall enter.” My beloved, know Jesus, follow Jesus, be guided by Jesus with your hearts and not only your mouths. As God said, “I will be their God, and they will be My people.” Let us pick up our cross and follow after the Lord Jesus Christ.