![]() The Gospel Message Your life In God is hidden in Christ so take up your cross Matt.16:24 It is not enough to confess that Jesus is Messiah (16:16) if we do not understand that his coming as Messiah and saviour involves suffering and death (v. 21-23). And if Jesus' mission involves the cross, those who would follow him must embrace the same price (vv. 24-27). Christ, having shown his disciples that |