Self-denial is to be an ongoing discipline of the Christian life. The cravings of the self cannot go unchecked. There is a dying to self that purifies the self. There is a denying the self that brings freedom. There is a losing that in the end is winning. There is a receiving back after a giving up. There is something that you think will destroy you that will actually give you your life back. We must die to the self-centered self for the real self to blossom. J. O. McClurkan gave this wonderful clarity, “There is a sinful self that needs to die, there is a natural self that need to be disciplined, there is an actual self that needs to be realized.” The Spirit of God will show you the difference.
“If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.” Luke 9:23-24 (NASB)
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