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Originally Posted by Nell
Can you first give scriptural “evidence” that Christians “experience the cross”? Of course, in the New Testament we are frequently told to “take up our cross” which indicates we have a cross to bear. We have sufferings as Christians, but “rain falls on the just and the unjust.” I don’t find verses to support “experience the cross” as something we are commanded to do. We have a cross to bear, take it and follow Him.
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Here are some verses to consider pursuant your question.
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." Matt 16:24:25
"Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." Gal 5:24-25
Objective Fact: "For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God."
Subjective Action: "Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry." Col 3:3 & 5
Objective Fact: "Our old man was crucified with Him."
Subjective Action: "If by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live." Rom 6:6 & 8:13