THE UPSIDEDOWN KINGDOM Part 5: The Cost Of Royalty

Matthew 4:17

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 23:11

The greatest among you will be your servant.

Mark 8:29 

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

Mark 8:31-33

31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

Mark 8:34-37

34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?”

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.