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1 | Dying to self | Rom 12:1 | LuckyCharm | 108897 | ||
Hello, all.... I ran across this anonymous poem at LivingSacrifice.net, and wanted to solicit feedback from other Christians. It's a beautiful poem, but isn't there also much to be said for speaking out, taking a stand against unrighteousness, etc.? Looking forward to your thoughts.... --Cheryl Living Sacrifice - A Biblical Truth As Christians, we're called to give ourselves to God as a "living sacrifice." The Apostle Paul helps us understand this truth in his letter to the believers in Rome: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:1-2) Living Sacrifice - Dying to Self So, how do we truly present ourselves to God as a living sacrifice? In a nutshell, we must die to our prior selves. This concept is wonderfully presented in this anonymous poem… When you are forgotten, neglected, or purposely set at naught, and you don't sting or hurt with the oversight, but your heart is happy being counted worthy to suffer for Christ; That is dying to self. When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinion ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart or even defend yourself, but take it all in patient, loving silence; That is dying to self. When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, any annoyance; when you can stand face to face with waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility, and endure it as Jesus did; That is dying to self. When you are content with any food, and offering, any raiment, any climate, any society, any solitude, any interruption by the will of God; That is dying to self. When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation or record your own good works or itch after commendation, when you can truly love to be unknown; That is dying to self. When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met, and can honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy, nor question God, while your own needs are far greater and you are in desperate circumstances; That is dying to self. When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than yourself and can humbly submit, inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart; That is dying to self. |
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2 | Dying to self | Rom 12:1 | prayon | 108898 | ||
Greetings Cheryl, I really like the way the poem describes being a living sacrifice. It is definitly not an easy thing to do. We can be so "fleshy" at times no matter how hard we try not to be. Being a living sacrifice is something that we need to work on daily. Many people think that giving of their time or money is being a living sacrifice but as the poem states it goes much deeper than that. We must give of ourselves in every aspect of our life. What you are talking of, the speaking out, the taking a stand, etc is part of being a living sacrifice. We are told to come out of our comfort zone and stand for the gospel against the persecution that the bible warns us that will come. Doing that is also being a living sacrifice. We are sacrificing our comfort for the cause of the gospel. prayon |
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3 | Meekness synonymous with sacrifice? | Rom 12:1 | LuckyCharm | 108909 | ||
Thanks, prayon! In a way, the poem seems to be describing someone who is silent and non-confrontational in the face of any circumstance. Someone who is passive, rather than active, in life. Someone who would, for example, eat what is served at a restaurant without complaint, even if it were not what was ordered. Or would accept an unfair law, perhaps, without working strenuously for its repeal. Am I just reading it wrong? I can think of several well-known examples where Jesus Himself didn't just meekly accept whatever came His way.... --Cheryl |
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4 | Meekness synonymous with sacrifice? | Rom 12:1 | prazn | 108912 | ||
Hi Cheryl, During His life in the flesh, Jesus consistently professed and demonstrated His obedience to the will of God, the Father. He never sought to do His own will, but that of the One who sent Him. Jesus became obedient, even to the extreme of death on a cross. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice. If we worship Jesus Christ, whom we profess as Lord and Savior, we will also want Him to rule and reign in our hearts and minds. When we are thus committed to Jesus' lordship over our lives we will no longer be content to be ruled by our own wants and desires, but by the will of God (as revealed in His word and through a growing relationship with Him). We accept whatever God so wills for us because we know that He loves us and that His plans are to prosper us and not to harm us. God bless you! prazn |
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