Then Shall Ye Know
"Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things." (John 8:28) There is an old hymn that we sing that says: Must Jesus bear the cross alone And all the world go free? No, there's a cross for everyone, And there's a cross for me. Unfortunately, these words are lost on many Christians today. It's easy to understand and believe that Jesus carried a cross to Calvary, and there died for our sins; but it is more difficult to grasp the idea of bearing crosses in our lives. The whole idea of resurrection power working in us to make us more Christ-like is based on the concept of life from death. Jesus' illustration of the kernel of wheat being buried in the ground and dying before it can sprout and grow is the perfect picture of what our spiritual life must be. It is a continual process of dying to self so that the l