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that we deny all. The demand of supreme love

is to be given to God only. We're to love all

others, but we must love God supremely. He

must have priority in our lives. We must be

loyal to Him and to no one else. Can I get an

Amen? That's the way it's got to be. And that's

why people hate us, by the way. That's why

relatives sometimes will not like you because

you're loyal to your Savior, your Creator and

Redeemer. How could you not be loyal to your

Creator and your Redeemer?

The second requirement for true discipleship

is in verse 38. We are to suffer all. Jesus says in

verse 38, “And he that taketh not his cross, and

followeth after me, is not worthy of me.” This

is the demand of taking up our cross, that is, to

openly confess the Lord Jesus and suffer for

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