MAKING AND BEING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
“The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men who will put Him to death.” –Mark 9:31 The Lord’s favorite subject is the cross. However, we naturally don’t understand His message of the cross (Mk 9:32). Moreover, we are afraid of the cross (Mk 9:32). Therefore, we don’t want to understand Jesus regarding the cross. We will not even question Him about it (Mk 9:32) but merely talk about something else – like ourselves. However, Jesus will question us if we won’t question Him. He’ll ask us: “What were you discussing?” (Mk 9:33) We may...