Can you drink the chalice? Mt. 20:17-28
Everyone wants the consolation of our Faith.
Everyone wants healing and forgiveness and their prayers answered.
Everyone wants to reign with Christ forever in Heaven.
But how many want to drink the cup of His suffering?
This is what Jesus asked James and John in the Gospel.
And drink of the cup they did.
James was the first Apostle to be martyred
As he was beheaded by Herod.
And John was exiled on Patmos.
Do we want to drink of the cup or would we rather pass it by?
How close to the cross do we want to stand?
Only If we die with the Lord we shall live with the Lord.
Only If we endure with the Lord, we shall reign with the Lord.
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