Self- Denial by John Calvin

Part 1: The Sum of the Christian Life- Self Denial

" We are Not our Own Master, but Belong to God"

         Is it true to every Christian, if we acknowledge ourselves as one of His children and He is our divine master. So we have to submit and surrender ourselves wholelly to Him. Once you accept Jesus in your life as your savior and God , you are not longer own yourself but belong to God.

The duty of believers:

      * to present their bodies a living sacrifice, 

holy and acceptable unto God, which is their reasonable service. (Romans 12: 1)

      * And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, 

that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2)

We are not our own:

         * therefore, neither our own reason nor will is to rule our acts and counsels.

         * therefore, let us not make it our end to seek what may be agreeable to our carnal nature

         * therefore, as far as possible, let us forget ourselves and the things that ours.      

If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord

Romans 14:8

As children of God I belong to Him, and I will let His wisdom and will preside over my all actions.

"To abandon ourselves and devote the whole energy of our minds to the service of god" (RADICAL by: David Platt)

I learned not only that which consist in verbal obedience, but that by which the mind divested of its own canal feeling, implicit obeys the call of the spirit of God. Which Paul calls the renewing of the mind and to live like God.