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2009年04月25日
A Long Quote by Ted Hegre
Ted Preaching at the Sakai City Bethany Church
"Denial of self is an utter unconditional surrender to Jesus Christ, including the giving up of all of my "rights to myself". Here is the root of sin in experience-my idea that I have a right to myself, or that these are my rights. Thus, the reason that we are so easily irritated, jealous, touchy, impatient, anxious, proud, or angry (to say nothing of other gross sins) is that we have not denied ourselves. Our part is to deny self, to nail the disposition to have our own way to the Cross. The Word says that positionally "our old man was crucified with Him" . It is already done, for there we were crucified, there we died, there we were buried. As far as God is concerned, He is through with the old man. However, in our experience, God will not make this real until we give Him permission by making an absolute surrender to Him-a surrender so complete that death (to self) is the only word that can properly describe it. Then we can go on and reckon outselves "dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:11).
T. A. Hegre: Founder of Bethany Fellowship (1908-1984)
投稿者 bethany : 2009年04月25日 16:41
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