SURRENDERED LIFE, THE
(A) CHARACTERISTICS OF
(1) Death to Sin
Romans 6:2; Romans 6:7; Romans 6:11; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 5:24; Colossians 2:20; Colossians 3:3; 2 Timothy 2:11; 1 Peter 2:24
(2) Fellowship with Christ's Death
Romans 6:6; Romans 8:36; 2 Corinthians 4:11; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 2:20; 2 Timothy 2:11
(3) The Rendering of Unquestioning Service
-- Noah
Genesis 6:22
-- Elisha
1 Kings 19:20
-- David
Psalms 40:8
-- Isaiah
Isaiah 6:8
-- Christ
John 4:34
-- Paul
Acts 9:6
--SEE Obedience (1), OBEDIENCE
(4) Resignation in Trial, examples of
Eli
1 Samuel 3:18
David
2 Samuel 12:23; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Kings 20:19
Job
Job 1:21
Christ
Mark 14:36; John 18:11
Paul's Friends
Acts 21:14
--SEE Submission (2), SUBMISSION
(5) Submission to the Divine Will
The Result of Inward Law
Psalms 40:8
Prayer Essential to
Psalms 143:10; Matthew 6:10
Establishes a Divine Relationship
Matthew 12:50
Christ the Perfect Example of
Matthew 26:42; John 5:30
Tends to Spiritual Knowledge
John 7:17; Acts 21:14; Romans 12:2
Whole-hearted Required
Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 13:21
The Rule of Every-day Life
James 4:15; 1 John 2:17
--SEE Pleasing God, FAVOUR
(B) CONSECRATION
(1) A Call to Personal
Exodus 32:29; 1 Chronicles 29:5; Proverbs 23:26; Romans 12:1; 2 Timothy 2:21
--SEE Whole Heart, EARNESTNESS
(2) Examples of Personal
Judges 5:2; 2 Chronicles 17:16; Psalms 40:7; Acts 6:4; 2 Corinthians 8:5; Philipians 2:8
--SEE Self-sacrifice, SELFISHNESS
& SELFISHNESS
Obedience, OBEDIENCE
(3) Of Persons to Special Religious Work
Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 8:12; Numbers 3:3; Numbers 27:23; Acts 6:6; Acts 13:3
--SEE Anointing,
Laying on of Hands, HANDS, LAYING ON OF
(4) Entire Consecration, examples of
Caleb and Joshua
Numbers 32:12
Josiah and his Subjects
15:15; Psalms 119:69
Paul the Apostle
Philipians 3:7; Philipians 3:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:23
-- of Christ to his Mission. SEE Christ's Sacrifice, SAVIOUR
For further treatment of this subject SEE Self-denial, SELF-DENIAL