SURRENDERED LIFE, THE
SURRENDERED LIFE, THE
(A) CHARACTERISTICS OF
(1) Death to Sin
Rom 6:2; Rom 6:7; Rom 6:11; Gal 2:20; Gal 5:24; Col 2:20; Col 3:3; 2Ti 2:11; 1Pe 2:24
(2) Fellowship with Christ’s Death
Rom 6:6; Rom 8:36; 2Co 4:11; Gal 2:20; Col 2:20; 2Ti 2:11
(3) The Rendering of Unquestioning Service
— Noah
Gen 6:22
— Elisha
1Ki 19:20
— David
Psa 40:8
— Isaiah
Isa 6:8
— Christ
Joh 4:34
— Paul
Act 9:6
–SEE Obedience (1), OBEDIENCE
(4) Resignation in Trial, examples of
Eli
1Sa 3:18
David
2Sa 12:23; 2Sa 15:26; 2Ki 20:19
Job
Job 1:21
Christ
Mar 14:36; Joh 18:11
Paul’s Friends
Act 21:14
–SEE Submission (2), SUBMISSION
(5) Submission to the Divine Will
The Result of Inward Law
Psa 40:8
Prayer Essential to
Psa 143:10; Mat 6:10
Establishes a Divine Relationship
Mat 12:50
Christ the Perfect Example of
Mat 26:42; Joh 5:30
Tends to Spiritual Knowledge
Joh 7:17; Act 21:14; Rom 12:2
Whole-hearted Required
Eph 6:6; Heb 13:21
The Rule of Every-day Life
Jam 4:15; 1Jo 2:17
–SEE Pleasing God, FAVOUR
(B) CONSECRATION
(1) A Call to Personal
Exo 32:29; 1Ch 29:5; Pro 23:26; Rom 12:1; 2Ti 2:21
–SEE Whole Heart, EARNESTNESS
(2) Examples of Personal
Jdg 5:2; 2Ch 17:16; Psa 40:7; Act 6:4; 2Co 8:5; Phi 2:8
–SEE Self-sacrifice, SELFISHNESS
& SELFISHNESS
Obedience, OBEDIENCE
(3) Of Persons to Special Religious Work
Exo 29:9; Lev 8:12; Num 3:3; Num 27:23; Act 6:6; Act 13:3
–SEE Anointing,
Laying on of Hands, HANDS, LAYING ON OF
(4) Entire Consecration, examples of
Caleb and Joshua
Num 32:12
Josiah and his Subjects
2Ki23:3; 2Ki23:25
Judah under King Asa
2Ch 15:15; Psa 119:69
Paul the Apostle
Phi 3:7; Phi 3:8; 1Th 5:23
— of Christ to his Mission. SEE Christ’s Sacrifice, SAVIOUR
For further treatment of this subject SEE Self-denial, SELF-DENIAL