Mark 8:34-37 "The summons, sacrifice and standard for service"

Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 8:34-37 "The summons, sacrifice and standard for service" on 2/1/2026 for our Sunday service.Mark 8:34-3834 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it. 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." NKJVRemember…. We are at the turning point of the Gospel. At this point in Jesus’s ministry, He moves away from Mainly ministering to the multitudes with miracles to start ministering to prepare His disciples. Jesus is now focusing on the Disciples, preparing them for the fulfillment of His ministry. His death on the cross and His resurrection.Jesus is sharing with the people and His disciples the cost of discipleship. Jesus has shared that His course is set in stone. It has been preset since the beginning of time and laying the foundations of the earth. Now these hearing and us must determine our course. We must count the cost of our course.