SELF-DENIAL;
DISCIPLESHIP; CROSS: PERSONAL

Where we have failed is in the practical application of the teaching concerning the crucified life. Too many have been content to be armchair Christians, satisfied with the theology of the cross. Plainly Christ never intended that we should rest in a mere theory of self-denial. His teaching identified His disciples with Himself so intimately that they would have had to be extremely dull not to have understood that they were expected to experience very much the same pain and loss as He Himself did.

Luke 9:23–25; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 3:10

Man: The Dwelling Place of God, 77.