The words "Dying to Self" and the concept have coming up in my readings recently. I realized I have at best an incomplete understanding of what the concept means. I certainly don't seem to have any experience with it.
When I think of the concept, the Bible verses that come to mind for me are:
Luke 9:23-26: "23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."
Galatians 2:20: "20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
I know a part of the answer is I give up my desires. That answer to me is incomplete; that there is something more to this than just to death of self.
So I ask: What does "dying to self" mean to you and have you experienced it in your life?
When I think of the concept, the Bible verses that come to mind for me are:
Luke 9:23-26: "23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."
Galatians 5:24: "24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."
Galatians 2:20: "20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
I know a part of the answer is I give up my desires. That answer to me is incomplete; that there is something more to this than just to death of self.
So I ask: What does "dying to self" mean to you and have you experienced it in your life?
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