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Struggling with "Deny Yourself:" What Keeps People Out of the Kingdom
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<blockquote data-quote="SANTOSO" data-source="post: 75234528" data-attributes="member: 429277"><p>Hi Bob,</p><p></p><p>You are right to say that you have to deny yourself to be saved !</p><p></p><p>Just like Jesus told his disciples:</p><p></p><p>THEN Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. -Matthew 16:24</p><p></p><p>Look carefully what happen in Matthew 16:23 ,before THEN ?:</p><p></p><p>But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your MIND on the things of God, but on the things of man." -Matthew 16:23</p><p></p><p>Jesus is talking that Satan is setting his MIND on the things of man, not of God ! </p><p></p><p>Why ? You may ask !</p><p></p><p>Let us look what apostle Paul, Jesus’ disciple have said : </p><p></p><p>By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He ( Jesus ) CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH, -Romans 8:3</p><p></p><p>IN ORDER THAT THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW might BE FULFILLED IN US, who walk not according to the flesh but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. -Romans 8:4</p><p></p><p>For those who live according to the flesh SET THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE FLESH, </p><p></p><p>but those who live according to the Spirit SET their MINDS ON THE THINGS OF the Spirit. -Romans 8:5</p><p></p><p>For TO SET THE MIND ON THE FLESH is DEATH, </p><p></p><p>but to SET THE MIND ON the Spirit is LIFE and PEACE. -Romans 8:6</p><p></p><p>For the MIND that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. -Romans 8:7</p><p></p><p>The reason Jesus have said what He have said is for this purpose:</p><p></p><p>God send His Son, Jesus Christ and that Jesus condemned sin in the flesh in order that the righteous requirement of the Spirit be fulfilled in us according to the Spirit. </p><p></p><p>For those who did not deny themselves still set their minds on the things of the flesh and reap death, as a result. </p><p></p><p>For the mind that set on the things of the flesh cannot be subject to God’s law according to the Spirit. </p><p></p><p>Therefore, it is necessary to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and that person deny himself. </p><p></p><p>Only when that person deny himself by setting his mind on the things of the Spirit is rewarded with LIFE and PEACE, that comes from Jesus Christ, God the Son. </p><p></p><p>You will get a fuller of understanding when you read Roman 8 but all is spiritually discerned. </p><p></p><p>As what apostle Paul have said:</p><p>The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. -1 Corinthians 2:14</p><p></p><p>As our Lord Jesus Christ have said: </p><p>“When the Spirit of truth, that is, the Holy Spirit comes, He ( Holy Spirit ) will guide you into all the truth ! “</p><p></p><p>Choose Life !</p><p>Call Jesus Christ as your Lord and be saved ! </p><p>Yes, deny yourself and take up your cross and follow Jesus! </p><p>GBU</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SANTOSO, post: 75234528, member: 429277"] Hi Bob, You are right to say that you have to deny yourself to be saved ! Just like Jesus told his disciples: THEN Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. -Matthew 16:24 Look carefully what happen in Matthew 16:23 ,before THEN ?: But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your MIND on the things of God, but on the things of man." -Matthew 16:23 Jesus is talking that Satan is setting his MIND on the things of man, not of God ! Why ? You may ask ! Let us look what apostle Paul, Jesus’ disciple have said : By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He ( Jesus ) CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH, -Romans 8:3 IN ORDER THAT THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW might BE FULFILLED IN US, who walk not according to the flesh but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. -Romans 8:4 For those who live according to the flesh SET THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE FLESH, but those who live according to the Spirit SET their MINDS ON THE THINGS OF the Spirit. -Romans 8:5 For TO SET THE MIND ON THE FLESH is DEATH, but to SET THE MIND ON the Spirit is LIFE and PEACE. -Romans 8:6 For the MIND that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. -Romans 8:7 The reason Jesus have said what He have said is for this purpose: God send His Son, Jesus Christ and that Jesus condemned sin in the flesh in order that the righteous requirement of the Spirit be fulfilled in us according to the Spirit. For those who did not deny themselves still set their minds on the things of the flesh and reap death, as a result. For the mind that set on the things of the flesh cannot be subject to God’s law according to the Spirit. Therefore, it is necessary to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and that person deny himself. Only when that person deny himself by setting his mind on the things of the Spirit is rewarded with LIFE and PEACE, that comes from Jesus Christ, God the Son. You will get a fuller of understanding when you read Roman 8 but all is spiritually discerned. As what apostle Paul have said: The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. -1 Corinthians 2:14 As our Lord Jesus Christ have said: “When the Spirit of truth, that is, the Holy Spirit comes, He ( Holy Spirit ) will guide you into all the truth ! “ Choose Life ! Call Jesus Christ as your Lord and be saved ! Yes, deny yourself and take up your cross and follow Jesus! GBU [/QUOTE]
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