Salome; Instruction on the Cross and the Crown
Dan Schmidt, July 11, 2010Part of the Women of the Bible series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Matthew 20:17-58
Many Christians don’t understand the price that they should pay to follow Christ; therefore, many don’t pay any price at all. Sadly, although not at all scriptural, most Christians today want a Christ that will cost them nothing. After meeting Christ, Salome followed the example of her sons, James and John, who gave up everything to follow Christ.
In today’s sermon, Salome; Instruction on the Cross and the Crown, we’re reminded that one cannot have a genuine encounter with Christ and not be changed. We’re also reminded that the price of following Christ is death… death to self. As a Christian, when Christ died, you died with Him. The great news is that dead men have no problems! In light of an eternity in Heaven with our Lord and Savior, regardless of what challenges we face today, they are but light afflictions in comparison to the future glory we shall experience.
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Matthew 20:17-58
17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. 20Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. 24And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 29And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. (KJV)