To be a follower of the Crucified Christ means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss.
[Elisabeth Elliot]
Galatians 6:14 ... But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Philippians 3:8 ... Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Luke 17:33 ... Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.❤
