Luke 9:23 is One of the Most Misused Bible Verses. It is Falsely Used to Teach Works Salvation.
Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Typically Online, On Social Media like X, Facebook, etc…, You will see a Meme, a Picture with half of the verse Quoted.
“…let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
The Meaning of the Poster is Clear: You have to Work Your Way to Heaven. That is Not the Meaning of this Verse. The Opposite is True.
I have Confronted Countless of These Lost False Messengers of Satan who Throw around Bible Verses to Push their False Gospel of Works. Typically they Do Not Deny Pushing Works Salvation. Although, Some will half heartedly Deny they are pushing Works, then admit they Don’t have any Faith in Jesus at All. They will say: “I am Being Positive…” Basically: “The Truth is Relative… All roads lead to Heaven… Faith in Anything will Get You to Heaven…”
False Teachers Love to Destroy the Truth of the Bible by Taking Verses Out of Context.
Social Media is a Mess. If You are a Christian, that Knows Your Bible. You will Quickly Find out that 99% of “Online, Keyboard Christians” are: The Most Biblically Ignorant People there are. These People Do Not Know the Bible. They are Not Remotely Christian. They are Religious which is Not the Definition of a Christian.
The Dirty Truth is they are some of the Worst Most Vile People online. They Quickly show their True True Colors Spewing Hate. My Life has been Threatened More times then I can remember by them.
They Get so Hot so Quick because they cannot Defend their False Gospel of Works. They Hate Being Exposed for Being a Vile Propagandist. People who Spread a False Gospel they are Propagandists. They want All of their Social Media Followers to think they are a Biblical Giant… They cannot Stand Being Questioned and Found to Be Biblically Ignorant.
The Full Context of Luke 9:23:
Luke 9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. 23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Jesus Message in Luke Chapter 9 is the Gospel.
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
There is Only One way to Be Saved in the Bible and it is by Believing the Gospel Only for Your Salvation.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Salvation is Only Through Jesus. The Gospel of Christ, IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH!!!!!!!!!!!
False Teachers Lie and Say that the Bible Teaches Works for Salvation. Some will Say that in the Old Testament Everyone was Saved by Faith and Works.
A Popular False Teaching Going around is that Jesus Taught Works Salvation. That his Message was 100% Works. That the Apostle Paul is the Only One that Taught Salvation by the Gospel Only.
Beware of the Worship of Paul. You will Find this False Gospel in Most IFB Baptist Churches. These Counterfeit Churches are almost All Calvinist Churches. Their Bible Twisting is so Bad they cannot keep their stories straight. They constantly Contradict themselves. They are EVIL DEVILS that Deny Jesus.
Like All False Teachers / False Religions they Depend on You to be Biblically Ignorant.
In Galatians Chapter 1 Paul Refutes these False Teachers.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Salvation Message was the Gospel Only:
John 3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Jesus Clearly Taught the Gospel. Jesus Taught Salvation is to Believe on / in Him Only to Save You.
False Teachers, Deceivers, LIARS Teach that Jesus Did Not teach the Gospel.
Jesus Message was Plainly the Gospel: That he would Die on the Cross, be Buried and that he would Rise from the Dead 3 Days Later to Pay for the Sins of the World.
Jesus Message was: THE CROSS, THE CROSS, THE CROSS…
1st Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
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The Bible Does Not Contradict itself!!!!
The Bible from the Beginning to the End. From Genesis to Revelation Teaches Only One Plan of Salvation, the Gospel! The Preaching of the Cross, for Salvation!!!!
Jesus Constantly Warned and Foretold that False Teachers would Come into the Church and they would Deceive Many with their False Gospel, their False Salvation of Works.
Right here in 1st Corinthians Paul is Exposing False Teachers:
1st Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
Notice also that Paul makes it Clear that Water Baptism is Not Part of the Gospel and it is Not Required for Salvation.
17 “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.”
False Teachers Twist the Bible to Teach their False Gospels.
These Counterfeit Christians Take Verses that are Not Salvation Verses and Falsely Claim they are Salvation Verses.
Luke 9:23 IS NOT A SALVATION VERSE!!!!
Jesus is talking to his 12 Disciples. After Jesus Preached the Gospel to them: He had just told them how he would Die… “If any man will come after me…”
20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
“If any man will come after me…”
In Luke 9:23 Jesus is telling his Disciples:
After I Suffer All of these things and Rise from the Dead… “If any man will come after me…” If you are to Follow me: “let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
Jesus is Telling them Plainly to Follow Me You have to: DENY YOURSELF DAILY. YOU HAVE TO CARRY YOUR CROSS DAILY.
Jesus Message is if you are Really Going to be One of my Disciples this is what I Expect of You.
Notice Jesus Did Not say to them To Be SAVED… This is how You are Saved… This is Salvation… No Jesus Did Not Put Salvation in Luke 9:23!!!!
Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luke 9:23 was Jesus Telling his 12 Disciples what he Expects of them After He has Died for the Sins of the World. Luke 9:23 IS NOT A SALVATION PASSAGE!!!!
