Luke 9:23-27

The things that I desire to do...evil stands to destroy. The things that I do not want to do..the Holy Spirit stands beside me to enable me. What a truly grace filled God we serve.

The Holy Trinity has provided everything we need to succeed in Christ Jesus!

Although Jesus offered salvation as a free gift He also warned that following Him would entail suffering and hardship. It makes no sense to attempt to save our lives on earth only to lose everything when our lives quickly and inevitably pass away. The wise course is to invest our earthly resources—our time, talents, and wealth—in what is eternal. Even if we lose our lives for Jesus’ sake, that investment will produce returns for all eternity.

Since these disciples died before Jesus’ return, the reference here is no doubt to the Transfiguration. With this there is probably also a prediction of the descent of the Spirit at Pentecost.NKJ Bible.

Luke 9:23–27 (NKJV): Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”

Luke 17:23

Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Matthew 10:33 

But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father