Luke 9:23-27 (NASB) JESUS says— “If anyone wishes to COME AFTER ME, he must DENY HIMSELF, and TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY and FOLLOW ME. For whoever wishes to SAVE HIS LIFE will LOSE IT, but whoever LOSES HIS LIFE for MY SAKE, he is the one who will SAVE IT. For what is a man PROFITED if he GAINS the WHOLE WORLD, and LOSES or FORFEITS himself? For whoever is ASHAMED of ME and MY WORDS, the SON OF MAN will be ASHAMED of him when He comes in HIS GLORY, and the GLORY of the FATHER & of the HOLY ANGELS.”
Jesus was calling his DISCIPLES to cultivate a DEVOTION to him that their ATTACHMENT to EVERYTHING ELSE—including their OWN LIVES—would SEEM LIKE HATRED by COMPARISON. —Pastor, John MacArthur
QUOTE: “There was a day when I died; died to SELF, my OPINIONS, PREFERENCES, TASTES and WILL; died to the WORLD, its APPROVAL or CENSURE; died to the APPROVAL or BLAME even of my BRETHREN or FRIENDS; and since then I have STUDIED only to show myself APPROVED UNTO GOD.” —George Muller
SCRIPTURE – LAST DAYS PEOPLE WILL BE “LOVERS OF SELF.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5
2 Corinthians 5:15 “And that he died for all, that they which live SHOULD NOT HENCEFORTH LIVE UNTO THEMSELVES, but UNTO HIM (Jesus) which died for them, and rose again.”
Do Not Live For Self, Live Unto God – (2 Cor 5:15)
2 Timothy 2:21 “If a man therefore PURGE HIMSELF FROM THESE, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and MEET FOR THE MASTER’S USE,AND PREPARED UNTO EVERY GOOD WORK.”
2 Corinthians 10:5 “CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”
Matthew 23:12 “And whosoever shall EXALT HIMSELFSHALL BE ABASED; and he that shall HUMBLE HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED.”
1 Corinthians 1:27 “But GOD HATH CHOSEN the FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD to confound the wise; AND GOD HATH CHOSEN the WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD to confound the things which are mighty”
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