13 Bible Verses about The Surrendered life
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he that would preserve his life, shall lose it: and he that exposeth his life for my sake, shall save it.
I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
and tho' I distribute my whole substance to the poor, and give my body to be burned, and have not social affection, it profits me nothing.
if we live by the spirit, let us regulate our actions by the spirit:
and then will be the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God even the father; after having abolished all rule, and all authority, and power.
I am the true pastor: the true pastor exposes his life for the sheep.
(I allude to civil affairs, because of your unacquaintedness with spiritual matters:) as then you made your natural faculties subservient to impurity, and all manner of vice; make them now subservient to virtue and holiness.
for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.
no man can take it from me, but I voluntarily lay it down: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. this is the order I have received from my father.
neither yield your members as instruments to iniquity: but yield yourselves unto God, as being alive after having been dead; and your members as instruments of righteousness.
he that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, will he not with him likewise freely give us all things?
by no means. know ye not, that to whom ye subject your selves vassals at command, his vassals you are whom you thus obey; the vassals either of sin to destruction, or of obedience to justification?
for whoever would save his life, shall lose it: and he that would lose his life, out of love to me, shall save it.
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The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dead to sin
now they who belong to Christ, have crucified the animal nature with the affections and passions thereof.
I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
If then you are dead with Christ, in respect of those shadows of the Jewish state; why do ye, as if you were still in that state, submit to those ordinances?
he himself cancel'd our sins by the crucifixion of his body, that we being set free from sin, might live in the service of virtue. it is by his bruises that you were healed:
The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dying with Christ
considering this, that our vicious passions were crucified with him, that the body of sin being destroyed, we might not any longer be vassals to sin.
I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
If then you are dead with Christ, in respect of those shadows of the Jewish state; why do ye, as if you were still in that state, submit to those ordinances?
for as it is written, "for thy sake we are sacrificed every day; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter:"
for as long as I live I shall be exposed to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest by the preservation of our mortal life.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Examples of personal
and his whole exterior showing nothing more than a meer man, he abased himself, and carried his submission so far as to die, even the death of the cross.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Of persons to special religious work
The Surrendered life » Consecration » A call to personal
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God to you, that you present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unto God, as the service of a rational being.
he that is clear of vice, is a vessel of the first kind, sanctified and fit for the master's use, and qualified for every virtuous action.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Paul the apostle
Now may the God of peace make you intirely holy: may every part of you, your spirit, soul, and body be preserved irreprovable at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
these advantages I renounce for Christ, nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Tends to spiritual knowledge
if any man is inclin'd to do his will, he shall know whether the doctrine be from God, or whether I speak from my self.
and be not conformed to the present age: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may perceive what God requires of you is good, and acceptable, and perfect.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Judah under king asa
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Whole-hearted required
not doing your work meerly out of regard to their presence or their pleasure, but as the servants of Christ, in hearty obedience to the will of God:
the sheep) make you perfect in every virtue, to the accomplishment of his will: effecting that in you by Jesus Christ, which is agreeable to him: to whom be glory thro' all ages.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Josiah and his subjects
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Prayer essential to
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Christ the perfect example of
Of my self I can do nothing: according to my instructions I judge: and my judgment is just; because I do not consult my own will, but the will of the father who hath sent me.
again, he went away the second time, and prayed thus, "O my father, if I cannot avoid drinking this cup, thy will be done."
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
and the world is passing away, with all its vices: but he that obeys the divine will, shall enjoy a life of immortality.
your language ought to be this, "if the Lord pleases to give us life, we shall do this, or that."
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
saying, father, all things are possible to thee, take away this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.
then said Jesus to Peter, sheath thy sword: the cup which my father hath 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 heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Eli
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Caleb and joshua
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Elisha
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
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Isaiah
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » David
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Christ
Jesus said to them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Job
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Paul
but rise, and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.