Remarkable Part 34: The Way Of The Cross (Mark 8:31-38)

It's good to have someone who loves us enough to tell us the hard words we may not really want to hear, isn't it! Jesus isn't afraid to say hard things. In Mark 8, Peter may not want to hear what Jesus has to say to him, but Jesus loves him - and us - enough to say it anyway! Bringing the kingdom of God required Jesus to go to the cross then, and it will mean following Jesus on the way of the cross today. Can we do that and still be a people of joy and freedom? Absolutely.