Giving of oneself
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· 30 viewsThe submission of the self to the will of God, in thanksgiving and service.
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Jesus Christ’s self-giving as an example to believers
Jesus Christ’s self-giving as an example to believers
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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Why self-giving is reasonable service to God
Why self-giving is reasonable service to God
God’s people belong to him by creation
God’s people belong to him by creation
Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father, who created you,
who made you and established you?
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God’s people belong to him by redemption
God’s people belong to him by redemption
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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All good things are given by God
All good things are given by God
“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
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God’s people giving themselves
God’s people giving themselves
To God
To God
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
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To one another
To one another
and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
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To holy living
To holy living
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
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To the service of God
To the service of God
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
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To a life of self-denial
To a life of self-denial
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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To martyrdom
To martyrdom
Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.
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Rewards of self-giving
Rewards of self-giving
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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The giving of thanks
The giving of thanks
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who orders his way rightly
I will show the salvation of God!”
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