18/01/2021
Greetings Nation Builders in Jesus name!
* Since denying Christ means the opposite of confessing Him, when suffering attaches to confession and escape from suffering is the fruit of denial; so must denying self mean, that whenever personal comfort, ease or advantage, conflict with the following of Christ, such personal profit must be sacrificed; and so self is denied.
* Again, since denying Christ means the rejection of His claim as God, ruler and King over men's lives; so must denying self mean, that a man rejects all claim to rule and govern his own life, and yields it in absolute subjection to the rule of Christ; and thus he denies himself.
*Once more, since denying Christ means the refusal to render Him the obedience He demands, and the denial of His authority over the conduct; so must denying self mean, that the will of oneself shall no longer be obeyed, and the choice and decision of oneself no longer be recognized as the supreme authority and final umpire in the conduct of life; and thus self is denied.
* In fact, it comes to this in the end, " No man can serve two masters; " and the choice for life's service lies between Christ and self.
*When Christ is accepted and submitted to, obeyed and followed, as Master in the whole life, there self is denied and Christ confessed. But where self is the final authority; where the will, the pleasure, the choice and the decision of self is chosen in opposition and in preference to those of Christ, there Christ is denied and self is confessed as Lord.
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