SELF-DENIAL
exemplified by Christ:
♦ self-denial of immediate satisfaction of hunger:
♦ self-denial of having earthly rulership without suffering on the cross:
♦ self-denial by serving others instead of being served:
♦ self-denial in His voluntary, substitutionary death:
♦ self-denial of His will for the Father's will:
♦ self-denial of His right to remain alive:
♦ self-denial of the outward manifestation of His pre-incarnate glory:
♦ self-denial by benefiting others instead of pleasing Himself:
♦ self-denial of His heavenly riches:
♦ self-denial through His incarnate form as a bond-servant:
♦ self-denial in not retaliating for unjust treatment:
• 1 Peter 2:21-23 (cf. vv. 19-20)
enjoined upon Christians:
♦ self-denial in seeking the welfare of others:
♦ self-denial in loving Christ above all others:
♦ self-denial in being a servant to others:
♦ self-denial in taking up one's cross to follow Christ:
• Luke 9:23-26 (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:10-11)
♦ self-denial in forsaking all things to follow Christ:
♦ self-denial in giving one's body as a living sacrifice to God:
♦ self-denial in living for Christ rather than for self:
♦ self-denial in sacrificing one's life for fellow Christians:
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.