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Significance

1. Fulfilling God's redemptive plan

2. Releasing divine life

3. Producing and building the church

"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." (John 12:24)

1. Accepting God's will

2. Denying self

3. Being crucified and living with Christ

"Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." (Matt 16:24)

Nature

1. Actual physical death

2. Once and for all completion

3. Redemptive efficacy

"And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." (Heb 10:10)

1. Spiritual experience practice

2. Continuous life exercise

3. Experience of union with the Lord

"Take up their cross daily and follow me." (Luke 9:23)

"I face death every day." (1 Cor 15:31)

Motivation

1. Willing heart

2. To fulfill God's will

3. To release life

"Jesus commanded Peter, 'Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?'" (John 18:11)

1. Willing, not forced

2. Responding to the Lord's love

3. For building the church

"Not as I will, but as you will." (Matt 26:39)

"And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:27)

Examples

1. The cross of Golgotha

2. Suffering of death

3. Process of crucifixion

"For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame." (Heb 12:2)

"And in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross." (Eph 2:16)

1. Marriage and family relationships

2. Coordination in church life

3. Dealing with self

"So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way." (Col 1:10)

"Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." (Eph 4:3)

Application

Foundation

 and

pattern

of redemption

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Cor 1:18)

1. Accepting circumstances in daily life

2. Accepting brothers and sisters in church life

3. Terminating self-life daily

"Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be." (John 12:26)

"That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you." (John 17:21)

Process

One-time redemptive work

"Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." (John 19:30)

1. Daily bearing the cross

2. Remaining on the cross

3. Experiencing death and life with the Lord

"I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death." (Phil 3:10)

Result

1. Accomplishing redemption

2. Producing the church

3. Releasing divine life

"Through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross." (Col 1:20)

1. Being renewed and transformed

2. Building up the Body

3. Manifesting Christ

"So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation." (Phil 2:15)