Self-Denial
Christ set an example of -- Mt 4:8-10; 8:20; Joh 6:38; Ro 15:3; Php 2:6-8. A test of devotedness to Christ -- Mt 10:37,38; Lu 9:23,24. Necessary In following Christ. -- Lu 14:27-33. In the warfare of saints. -- 2Ti 2:4. To the triumph of saints. -- 1Co 9:25-27. Ministers especially called to exercise -- 2Co 6:4,5. Should be exercised in Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts. -- Ro 6:12; Tit 2:12. Controlling the appetite. -- Pr 23:2. Abstaining from fleshly lusts. -- 1Pe 2:11. No longer living to lusts of men. -- 1Pe 4:2. Mortifying sinful lusts. -- Mr 9:43; Col 3:5. Mortifying deeds of the body. -- Ro 8:13. Not pleasing ourselves. -- Ro 15:1-3. Not seeking out own profit. -- 1Co 10:24,33; 13:5; Php 2:4. Preferring the profit of others. -- Ro 14:20,21; 1Co 10:24,33. Assisting others. -- Lu 3:11. Even lawful things. -- 1Co 10:23. Forsaking all. -- Lu 14:33. Taking up the cross and following Christ. -- Mt 10:38; 16:24. Crucifying the flesh. -- Ga 5:24. Being crucified with Christ. -- Ro 6:6. Being crucified to the world. -- Ga 6:14. Putting off the old man which is corrupt. -- Eph 4:22; Col 3:9. Preferring Christ to all earthly relations. -- Mt 8:21,22; Lu 14:26. Becomes strangers and pilgrims -- Heb 11:13-15; 1Pe 2:11. Danger of neglecting -- Mt 16:25,26; 1Co 9:27. Reward of -- Mt 19:28,29; Ro 8:13. Happy result -- 2Pe 1:4. Exemplified Abraham. -- Ge 13:9; Heb 11:8,9. Widow of Zarephath. -- 1Ki 17:12-15. Esther. -- Es 4:16. Rechabites. -- Jer 35:6,7. Daniel. -- Da 1:8-16. Apostles. -- Mt 19:27. Simon, Andrew, James, and John. -- Mr 1:16-20. Poor Widow. -- Lu 21:4. The Christians. -- Ac 2:45; 4:34. Barnabas. -- Ac 4:36,37. Paul. -- Ac 20:24; 1Co 9:19,27. Moses. -- Heb 11:24,25.