6 Bible Verses about Resignation
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and he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; let this cup pass from me: but not what I will, but what thou wiliest.
Then Jesus said to Peter: Put up your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that my Father has given me?
And as he would not be persuaded, we kept silence, and said: The will of the Lord be done.
and he came to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit; the Jews that are in Jerusalem will so bind the man to whom this girdle belongs; and they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard these things, we, and those of that place also, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.read more.
And as he would not be persuaded, we kept silence, and said: The will of the Lord be done.
And, lest I should be too much exalted by the excellence of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be too much exalted. With regard to this, I three times entreated the Lord that it might leave me; and he said to me: My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may abide upon me.read more.
For this reason, I take pleasure in infirmities, in outrages, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
I do not speak in respect to want: for I have learned, in whatever condition I am, to be content. I know what it is to be in want, and what it is to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things, I have been fully instructed in being full and in being hungry, in having abundance and in being in want.
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Afflictions » Resignation » Resignation in trials, examples of » Eli
Resignation » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
Resignation » Christ set an example of
Then Jesus said to Peter: Put up your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that my Father has given me?
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this purpose came I to this hour.
And he went forward a little, and fell on his face in prayer, saying: My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not as I will, but as thou willest. And he came to his disciples, and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter: Was it so, that you had not strength to watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit is, willing, but the flesh is weak. read more.
Again, a second time, he went away, and prayed, saying: My Father, if this cup cannot pass from me, unless I drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
Resignation » Should be exhibited in » Submission to the will of God
Resignation » Should be exhibited in » The prospect of death
But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
For this reason we faint not: but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day. by day. For our present light affliction works out for us an eternal fullness of glory, excelling all excellence, ls while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen: for the things seen are temporal; but the things not seen are eternal. #VALUE! read more.
For we know that if our earthly house, which is but a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Resignation » Motives to » Our own sinfulness
Resignation » Commanded
Resignation » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
and he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; let this cup pass from me: but not what I will, but what thou wiliest.
Then Jesus said to Peter: Put up your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that my Father has given me?
Resignation » Should be exhibited in » Loss of goods
Resignation » Should be exhibited in » Loss of children
Resignation » Motives to » God's wisdom
For God has delivered them all over to unbelief, that he may have mercy on them all. the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Resignation » Should be exhibited in » Submission to the sovereignty of God in his purposes
No, but rather, O man, who are you that dispute with God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed, it, Why have you made me thus? Has not the potter power over the clay, to make from the same mass one vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Resignation » Exemplified » David
Resignation » Exemplified » Aaron
Resignation » Exemplified » hezekiah
Resignation » Exemplified » jacob
Resignation » Motives to » God's justice
Resignation » The wicked are devoid of
Resignation » Exhortation to
Resignation » Should be exhibited in » Chastisements
So, then, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?
Resignation » Exemplified » israelites
Resignation » Exemplified » Peter
For I know that the putting off of this my tabernacle is near at hand, even as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
Resignation » Motives to » God's faithfulness
Wherefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God, by doing good, commit their souls to him as to a faithful Creator.
Resignation » Motives to » God's love
Resignation » Motives to » God, greatness of
Resignation » Resignation in trials, examples of » Paul's friends
And as he would not be persuaded, we kept silence, and said: The will of the Lord be done.
Resignation » Should be exhibited in » Bodily suffering
Resignation » Exemplified » Paul
But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Resignation » Exemplified » Stephen
And they stoned Stephen while he was calling on the Lord, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.