Luke 14:27
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
Footnote on "cross"
The aim of the cross is not suffering but the termination of the person. The believers in Christ have been crucified (terminated) with the Him. after being organically united with Him through faith, they should remain on the cross, keeping their old man under the termination of the cross. This is to carry our own cross. Christ first carried the cross and then was crucified. But the believers in Him are first crucified and then carry the cross that they may remain in the termination of their old man, thus experiencing and enjoying Christ as their life and life supply.