15 Bible Verses about The Surrendered life
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He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity, it profits me nothing.
The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth, and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Riches and honour and life are the remuneration of humility and of the fear of the LORD.
Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
I speak a human thing because of the weakness of our flesh: that as ye presented your members to serve uncleanness and iniquity unto iniquity, likewise now present your members to serve righteousness unto holiness.
and walk in charity even as the Christ also has loved us and has given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received of my Father.
Neither present your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin, but present yourselves unto God as those that are alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
He that did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also give us all things with him?
Or know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves slaves to obey, his slaves ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death or of the obedience unto righteousness?
For whosoever desires to save his soul shall lose it, but whosoever will lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.
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The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dead to sin
For those that are of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts.
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For if ye are dead with the Christ to the elements of the world, why, as though living unto the world, do ye decree rites,
he himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose wound ye were healed.
This is a faithful word: That if we are dead with him, we shall also live with him;
The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dying with Christ
knowing this: that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed that we should not serve sin any longer.
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For if ye are dead with the Christ to the elements of the world, why, as though living unto the world, do ye decree rites,
(As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.)
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Examples of personal
after him, Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour;
And we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross .
Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Then said I, Behold, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me,
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Of persons to special religious work
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind the tiaras on them; and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute; and thou shalt fill the hands Aaron and his sons.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, anointed priests, whose hands he filled to administer the priesthood.
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head and anointed him, to sanctify him.
and he laid his hands upon him and gave him a charge, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses.
these they set before the apostles, and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » A call to personal
Therefore, I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies in living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing unto God, which is your rational worship.
Then Moses had said, Today you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, for each one has consecrated in his son and in his brother, that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of the workmen. And who then is willing to consecrate the offering of his hands today unto the LORD?
If a man, therefore, purges himself from these things, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and profitable for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
Then Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, The word of the LORD which thou hast spoken is good. And he said, For shall there not be peace and truth in my days?
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
But if he should say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here I am, let him do to me as seems good unto him.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Paul the apostle
And the very God of peace sanctify you completely, that your spirit, soul, and body be preserved whole without reprehension for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But those things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ. And doubtless I even count all things as loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Tends to spiritual knowledge
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, Let the will of the Lord be done.
If anyone desires to do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it is of God or whether I speak of myself.
And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your soul that ye may experience what is that good and well pleasing and perfect will of God.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Judah under king asa
And all those of Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them; and the LORD gave them rest round about.
The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Whole-hearted required
not to be seen as only pleasing men, but as the slaves of the Christ, doing the will of God from within,
make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Josiah and his subjects
And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, that they would walk after the LORD and keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in that book. And all the people confirmed the covenant.
There was no king before him that converted like this to the LORD with all his heart and all his soul and all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither did any like him arise after him.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Prayer essential to
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Let thy good Spirit lead me into the land of uprightness.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Christ the perfect example of
I can of my own self do nothing; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me.
He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy will be done.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
And the world passes away and the lust thereof, but he that does the will of God abides for ever.
Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me; nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Then Jesus said unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath; the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Establishes a divine relationship
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Eli
And Samuel declared all of it to him without hiding any thing. Then he said, It is the LORD; let him do what seems good unto him.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Caleb and joshua
except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua, the son of Nun, for they were perfect in following the LORD.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Elisha
So he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again, for what have I done to thee?
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Noah
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The result of inward law
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Paul's friends
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, Let the will of the Lord be done.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Isaiah
After this, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I answered, Here am I; send me.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » David
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Christ
Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Job
and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Paul
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behooves thee to do.