What does denying self really look like?  In this verse it means giving up our right to our-self…of becoming more like Jesus and less like ourselves.  It’s refusing to allow our carnal nature to rule and reign on the throne of our life.  But it’s even more basic than that.  You can be saved, but not be a disciple.  For discipleship means we have to first strip away pride and selfishness…rejecting our flesh to become more in the image of Christ.  The Great Commission of Jesus is to, “Go make disciples…”  But we can’t make disciples if we ourselves are not one first.