Section 9
jubilee. Christ with His death and resurrection has brought in the jubilee.
IDENTIFYING OURSELVES
WITH CHRIST'S DEATH
Based upon His word concerning His death, the Lord went on in Luke 9:23-26 to teach the disciples to take up their cross and follow Him by denying their soul life. It is necessary for us to do this in order to participate in the jubilee. The jubilee has been carried out by the death of Christ. Now for us to participate in this jub ilee we must be identified with His death. He died to accomplish the jubilee, and now we die with Him to participate in the enjoyment of the jubilee. On the one hand, there was the need of Christ's death to carry out the jubilee. On the other hand, there is the need for us to identify ourselves with His death so that we may enjoy the jubilee.
BEARING THE CROSS AND DENYING THE SOUL LIFE
To identify ourselves with Christ's death is to bear the cross, and to bear the cross is to deny our soul life. The disciples were still quite natural. In order to participate in the jubilee