In Luke 9:23-27, Jesus describes what it takes to be a servant. “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself (become a total servant), and take up his cross daily (crucifying the flesh that it has no power over their thinking), and follow Me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life (his will) for My sake, the same shall save it (by the first and the two greatest of the commandments).
“For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or he be cast away (for eternity)? For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and My works, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He shall come in His own glory. But I tell you a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God.”
This last statement in verse 27 has been debated for centuries as to what Jesu ...
