"He who would save his life will lose it"
I am told that bottling up one's desires and forcing oneself to say NO is what the
verse "deny self" means.
On the contrary. This behaviour matches the verse "he who would save his own life will lose it", it is also striving in the flesh, seeking to be perfected in the flesh, feigning obedience, refusing to enter his rest, insulting the spirit of grace.
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is how one comes to
walk in green meadows by still waters
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is how one is
equipped for spiritual warfare
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, (as i experience more and
more), this is dying to self
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is mortifying the flesh
when one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is buffetting the flesh
and keeping it under
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is running the race, or
a goodly part of it
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, pertaining to the sins of
thought, this is being transformed by the renewing of your mind
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is carrying his yoke
which is easy and a burden that is light
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this comes a little further
into entering his rest
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is being crucified with
Christ
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is putting on christ or
putting on the new man
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is making a living
sacrifice of yourself
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is the beginning of the
ressurection life
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is the beginning of the
glorious liberty of the sons of god
See how St Paul says the same thing at least a dozen different ways
Which do you seek? Repentance lead by the holy spirit in a personal relationship with
some who loves you and treats you with gentleness and kindness once he has your
attention or even as a means of getting it?
Or an agonizing life of self repression, driven by pressurised ranting either from oneself or
somebody in a pulpitm as practised by those who think holiness depends on their willpower with a little supernatural aid invoked but somehow never forthcoming if you look at the fruit of such effort.
They repress because they refuse to repent but fear to simply indulge their sin, so they
have to struggle against it forgetting they are only hiding or trying to hide it from
themselves and God.
Do you want the abundant life of a humble child, a little child of God or do you want the
heroic struggle of a Great Man too proud to enter the kingdom or go on with the Father as
said litle child?
I am told that bottling up one's desires and forcing oneself to say NO is what the
verse "deny self" means.
On the contrary. This behaviour matches the verse "he who would save his own life will lose it", it is also striving in the flesh, seeking to be perfected in the flesh, feigning obedience, refusing to enter his rest, insulting the spirit of grace.
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is how one comes to
walk in green meadows by still waters
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is how one is
equipped for spiritual warfare
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, (as i experience more and
more), this is dying to self
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is mortifying the flesh
when one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is buffetting the flesh
and keeping it under
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is running the race, or
a goodly part of it
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, pertaining to the sins of
thought, this is being transformed by the renewing of your mind
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is carrying his yoke
which is easy and a burden that is light
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this comes a little further
into entering his rest
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is being crucified with
Christ
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is putting on christ or
putting on the new man
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is making a living
sacrifice of yourself
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is the beginning of the
ressurection life
When one repents in gentleness and peace as lead by the Spirit, this is the beginning of the
glorious liberty of the sons of god
See how St Paul says the same thing at least a dozen different ways
Which do you seek? Repentance lead by the holy spirit in a personal relationship with
some who loves you and treats you with gentleness and kindness once he has your
attention or even as a means of getting it?
Or an agonizing life of self repression, driven by pressurised ranting either from oneself or
somebody in a pulpitm as practised by those who think holiness depends on their willpower with a little supernatural aid invoked but somehow never forthcoming if you look at the fruit of such effort.
They repress because they refuse to repent but fear to simply indulge their sin, so they
have to struggle against it forgetting they are only hiding or trying to hide it from
themselves and God.
Do you want the abundant life of a humble child, a little child of God or do you want the
heroic struggle of a Great Man too proud to enter the kingdom or go on with the Father as
said litle child?
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