Mark 8.34 (NKJV) When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
you were never made for you. You were made for His image. You weren’t made for you. You were made for His image in you.
You either are following self or you are following Jesus on a daily basis.
1Cor. 15.31 (NKJV) I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Its possible to believe in Jesus, going to heaven, accepting Him as savior but not follow Him daily…
2Cor. 12.20 (NKJV) For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;
Gal. 5.20 (NKJV) idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Deny = refuse to give or grant (something requested or desired) to (someone). Refuse to give or grant any right that “self” believes it has…
Remember, if you didn’t see it in Jesus you didn’t learn it from Him.
Self is your old man… You are not the old “self” any longer…
2Cor. 5.17 (NKJV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Gal. 5.24 (NKJV) And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Rom. 6.6 (NKJV) knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
Self says and lives by this mantra - “I have a right to ________________.”
To Deny is to say “SELF, you no longer have any right to anything that you didn’t see from Jesus.”
“I have a right to ________________.”
• Complain.
• Be bitter towards what happened to me.
• Hold a grudge against them.
• Be worried about the future.
• Talk about others who did me wrong.
• Criticize those I disagree with (no matter if it's the pastor or my spouse).
• Withhold love from them – they hurt me.
• Tear them down.
• Be offended.
• Feel unworthy in God’s presence.
• Be ashamed.
• Tell God “I can’t Lord”.
• Remain in my comfort zone because He understands.
• To call it quits and thrown in the towel.
• To be a victim.
• To do what makes ME happy.
• To live to protect, promote and preserve SELF.
What right are you holding on to???
