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- Our flesh pulls us toward sinful thoughts and behaviors. Self-denial requires consciously resisting those impulses and refusing to gratify them. Instead, we turn from sin to obey and please God.
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Sep 15, 2023 · Self-denial for the Christian means renouncing oneself as the center of existence (which goes against the natural inclination of the human will) and recognizing Jesus Christ as one’s new and true center.
Sep 17, 2020 · “Deny yourself” requires, after all, self-denial. We must lay the axe to the root of every tree that bears bad fruit in us. Every sin must be slain, every part of me that does not reflect him must be renounced — and not just once, but “daily” (Luke 9:23).
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We vaguely understand self-denial and cross-bearing to mean that discipleship is probably difficult and the self is somehow a problem. But if we rely on our associations with these ideas to flesh them out, we will likely misunderstand Jesus’s meaning. For instance, if we consider how we pursue self-denial, we might find that we associate denying ou...
Two considerations, in particular, can guide us to a correct understanding of Jesus’s meaning in Mark 8:34.
Instead of borrowing these biblical words as self-defined slogans for discipleship (as one of my seminary professors once said), what does Jesus’s call mean for our lives? First, self-denial is not merely a periodic practice. We aren’t occasionally called to pick up a certain cross; we are called to an entire way of life. We often speak of whether ...
Oct 9, 2018 · Christian self-denial constantly says “no” to that which threatens to steal joy forever.
Jan 16, 2022 · Many Christians, however, have historically understood that ‘self-denial’ goes beyond sinful pleasures. It is a Christian duty to watch ourselves carefully, curbing our appetites and denying our selfish inclinations – even when they are not directly sinful.
Jan 14, 2024 · To “deny yourself” means saying no to the desires, cravings, and demands of our fallen human nature, what the Bible calls “the flesh.”. As Paul explains: Our flesh pulls us toward sinful thoughts and behaviors. Self-denial requires consciously resisting those impulses and refusing to gratify them.
Jun 29, 2019 · Habitual sin is not fundamentally defeated through the power of self-denial, but through the power of a greater desire. Self-denial is of course necessary, but self-denial is only possible — certainly for the long term — when it is fueled by a desire for a greater joy than what we deny (Matthew 16:24–26).
