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Posted by: Pearls
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me."
What does "taking up his cross" mean in this verse? thanks....
Posted by: Remnant7
Mat 16:24 -
If any man will come after me. Compare Mar_8:34-38, and Luk_9:23-27. The conditions of discipleship are presented.
Let him deny himself. Let him be prepared to say "no" to many of the strongest cravings of his nature, in the direction more particularly of earthly ease, comfort, dignity, and glory.
Take up his cross. Not once, but all the time. The cross is the pain of the self-denial required in the preceding words. The cross is the symbol of doing our duty, even at the cost of the most painful death.
And follow me. To follow Christ is to take him for our master, our teacher, our example; to believe his doctrines, to uphold his cause, to obey his precepts, and to do it though it leads to heaven by the way of the cross.
As defined by The People's New Testament
Posted by: MarkSentMe
I found this at Jesus Plus Nothing dot com:
"take up his cross;
cheerfully receive, and patiently bear, every affliction and evil, however shameful and painful it may be, which is appointed for him, and he is called unto; which is his peculiar cross, as every Christian has his own; to which he should quietly submit, and carry, with an entire resignation to the will of God, in imitation of his Lord" 
AMEN!
Posted by: Pearls
thanks for your responses! It's clearer to me....