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24 Then
Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would
come after me, let him deny himself and take up
his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save
his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my
sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he
gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or
what shall a man give in
return for his soul?
– Matthew 16:24-26
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BET SEFER – House of the Book
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BET SEFER – House of the Book
BET TALMUD – House of Learning
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BET SEFER – House of the Book
BET TALMUD – House of Learning
BET MIDRASH – House of Study
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“May you be covered in the dust of your rabbi.”
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1) Lay Something Down
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1) Lay Something Down
“God is not only concerned with what we do –
he’s concerned with who we are.”
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1) Lay Something Down
“Denying self means that we renounce our right
to ourselves”
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1) Lay Something Down
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I
who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I
now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
– Galatians 2:20
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When your good is evil spoken of, when your
wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your
opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise
in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take in
all in patient, loving silence.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
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When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder,
any irregularity, any impunctuality, or any
annoyance; when you stand face-to- face with
waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibilityand endure it as Jesus endured.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
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When you are content with any food, any offering,
any climate, any society, any raiment, any
interruption by the will of God.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
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When you never care to refer to yourself in
conversation, or to record your own good works,
or itch after commendations, when you can truly
love to be unknown.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
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When you can see your brother prosper and have
his needs met and can honestly rejoice with him in
spirit and feel no envy, nor question God, while
your own needs are far greater and in desperate
circumstances.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
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When you can receive correction and reproof from
one of less stature than yourself and can humbly
submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no
rebellion or resentment rising up within
your heart.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
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Fred Craddock
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1) Lay Something Down
2) Lift Something Up
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1) Lay Something Down
2) Lift Something Up
“The cross is not just a place of suffering –
it’s a place of death.”
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“…the cross was a very concrete and vivid reality.
It was the instrument of execution reserved for
Rome’s worst enemies. It was a symbol of the
torture and death that awaited those who dared
raise a hand against Roman authority. Not many
years before Jesus and the disciples came to
Caesarea Philippi, 100 men had been crucified
in the area.
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A century earlier, Alexander Janneus had crucified
800 Jewish rebels at Jerusalem, and after the
revolt that followed the death of Herod the Great,
2,000 Jews were crucified by the Roman proconsul
Varus. Crucifixions on a smaller scale were a
common sight, and it has been estimated that
perhaps some 30,000 occurred under Roman
authority during the lifetime of Christ.”
– John MacArthur
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If anyone serves me, he must follow me;
and where I am, there will my servant be also. If
anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
– John 12:26
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1) Lay Something Down
2) Lift Something Up
3) Live Something Out
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1) Lay Something Down
2) Lift Something Up
3) Live Something Out
If anyone serves me, he must follow me;
and where I am, there will my servant be also. If
anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
– John 12:26
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“If anyone wished to be counted as an adherent of
mine, he must once and for all say farewell to self,
decisively accept pain and shame and persecution
for my sake and in my cause, and must then follow
and keep on following me as my disciple.”
-- William Henriksen
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“The people of God are not merely to mark time,
waiting for God to step in and set right all that is
wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven
and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings
for what God will someday bring to pass.”
— Phillip Yancy
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• Specifically acknowledge – that I need God to
lead me through Word and Spirit (Romans 8)
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• Specifically acknowledge – that I need God to
lead me through Word and Spirit (Romans 8)
• Intentionally rejoice – knowing that God is
present and involved! (Philippians 2:12-13)
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• Specifically acknowledge – that I need God to
lead me through Word and Spirit (Romans 8)
• Intentionally rejoice – knowing that God is
present and involved! (Philippians 2:12-13)
• Purposely reassure my heart that I am not
alone in this journey. (Hebrew 13:5-6)
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• Specifically acknowledge – that I need God to
lead me through Word and Spirit (Romans 8)
• Intentionally rejoice – knowing that God is
present and involved! (Philippians 2:12-13)
• Purposely reassure my heart that I am not
alone in this journey. (Hebrew 13:5-6)
• Consciously trust – that even when I’ve
screwed up God is working amidst the mess.
(Romans 8:28-30)
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