John 13:36-38
36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.” 37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake.” 38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.
The disciples could not follow Jesus through the suffering and death and back, they could not lay down their lives to pay the price for others - only Jesus could do that as both man and God. Like Peter, we think we can perfectly obey and follow, but we stumble, and even more without His power and strength in and through us. However, the good news is that we can follow Him as the one who leads us through death into life unending. So daily we lay down our lives in picking up the cross to die to self and live to Him.
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