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Jesus does not call disciples to himself to make their lives easy and prosperous, but to make them holy and productive. Willingness to take up their cross is the mark of the true disciple.

Have we truly grasped the concept that we are complete in Christ? That He is sufficient for everything we will ever need?

Jesus takes first place in everything, and everything leads back to Jesus.

Contrary to the dominant voices of our culture, but in keeping with the entire section on discipleship in Mark, this text proclaims the good news that the way to be really rich is to die to ourselves.