This is the doctrine of Alexander Hislop, who continues to poison the minds of certain fundamentalist circles to this day. This
FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST CHRISTIAN site explains why Hislop's books are unreliable.
Matt. 10:38 – Jesus said, “he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.” Jesus defines discipleship as one’s willingness to suffer with Him. Being a disciple of Jesus not only means having faith in Him, but offering our sufferings to the Father as He did.
Matt. 16:24; Mark 8:34 – Jesus said, “if any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Jesus wants us to empty ourselves so that God can fill us. When we suffer, we can choose to seek consolation in God and become closer to Jesus.
Luke 9:23 – Jesus says we must take up this cross daily. He requires us to join our daily temporal sacrifices (pain, inconvenience, worry) with His eternal sacrifice.
Luke 14:27 – Jesus said, “whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” If we reject God because we suffer, we fail to apply the graces that Jesus won for us by His suffering.
John 7:39 – Jesus was first glorified on the cross, not just the resurrection. This text refers to John 19:34, when Jesus was pierced on the cross by the soldier’s lance.
1 Cor. 1:23- Paul preaches a Christ crucified, not just risen. Catholic spirituality focuses on the sacrifice of Christ which is the only means to the resurrection. This is why Catholic churches have crucifixes with the corpus of Jesus affixed to them. Many Protestant churches no longer display the corpus of Jesus (only an empty cross). Thus, they only preach a Christ risen, not crucified. But Reggie goes further, and declares the cross a blasphemy.
Reggie and brokelight are recuperating in my ICU (Ignore Care Unit) and hopefully the Holy Spirit will heal their bigotry and prejudice. Anti-Catholicism is a tradition of men and just as bad as racism.
Why thank you dear Illuminator.
I am not into fundamentalist mobs at all.
Christ Jesus was crucified and risen and I understand the focus of the sacrifice.
You have it all wrong, I do not declare the Cross of Jesus as blasphemy at all, fact is that the Bible points out what the cross is in fact, that's before Jesus mind you, understand ?
Lets look as to the 2 hanging on the cross with Jesus, what is the power of the Cross to them, Nothing ! what's the power of a cross to anyone who was hung up on such a thing, Nothing ! their is not power in a cross of it's self.
It's only Jesus on the Cross that makes the Cross the subject as to anything, so the actual Cross is not worthy of anything at all, it's Jesus sacrificed on the bloody thing. the cross it's self has no glory in it's self at all. but as to carrying your Cross ? it's not about the cross but all about Jesus being subjected to such and all.
One has to be carful not to idolise the cross, now the Cross of Jesus is only power because it is Sinners who hung Jesus Christ up on the curse, that is what the cross was seen as before Jesus was risen.
But now the hanging up of Jesus Christ on the Cross is a curse to all who are Sinners because they are a curse in fact.
Matt 10:38 I totally agree, ones Cross is Jesus Cross. You do not have your own cross ? do you. if you are truly born again you would understand that the Cross you bear is his. that's what makes one a Christian because you abide in him as the Head and you are one in the Body. that's why you deny yourself and follow him and take this up everyday.
Luke 14:27 I totally agree, 'his own cross' here means you are one with Jesus Christ body.
As to your point on John 7:39 come off it ! you totally lie.
I am a Catholic In fact, it's the RCC that does not cut the mustard for me, because I know of it's works, I am not just blindly following such as that Mob of degenerates.
Pope Frances clearly does not represent Christ Jesus in fact.
I do not support the C of E or any Protestant Church or any other so called church claiming to be Christian, because by there works I know they clearly are not worthy of Christ Jesus. and that's why I have come out from them, Anyone who gets in bed with Islam or the So called Jews is not born again of the Holy Spirit.
Fact is that one must be truly born again to understand, that such people are a curse in fact because they are all about a mans works.