Getting rid of me...

[Not me]

Getting rid of me......

This is the purpose of my salvation, to get rid of the old me that a new me might form or grow in place of it....This is all accomplished by the faith of my heart turned towards God...To have the fruits of The Spirit formed and manifested in me in the remaining time I have in the body....To have the image of Christ formed in me so He can be read by my actions, and my lack of unrighteous responses, when I am put under pressure, or things upset or bother me .... When things don’t go my way...

This is the constant state of repentance I need to be in, a constant looking away from myself to Christ, on a moment by moment basis...It’s funny or maybe I should say alarming, over how easily I step off, as it is said, “step off of Holy ground” into a ground of my own will...What I want, when I see or believe my rights are trampled on..

When I see myself, (real or imaginary), taken advantage of....Rather than yield at the moment, rather than turn the faith of my heart to God, I turn my thoughts to what I want..To how I thought I was abused or mistreated... Than I play god and seek for my own will to be manifested in the circumstances, and my will manifested in the coming expression...

Which inevitably leads to me losing the peace of Christ in my heart, which causes my heart to fear or doubt God’s love for me... Until I return to Him in humble admission of my sin and rebellion...Than He at once restores the peace of Christ in my soul....It might take a bit for me to recognize it, for I still need to reap the consequences of the actions I took, but His Grace is there to see me through...Oh, the Angels rejoice in Heaven when I, the sinner, turns back to Him from an act of my own will...Be that act a rudeness to a person unknown to me, or whatever, regardless of how great or small the sin might be....Or whatever rebellion God is working on in my life at the particular moment....

To get rid of me, there can be no greater thing than for me to be set free from me, to be set free from my fallen nature in real time, to walk in newness of life in the ever present now.....

Which walk, is just that, a walk from the expressions of self and own will, to an expression of Christ. Constantly regardless of what pressures put upon me, regardless of the circumstances presented to me, to always present the love of Christ to all...

Oh, to the working out of such a walk in my life before God...This constant dying to my own will, that the will of God might be manifested instead of my own...So that His presence and joy I might know to an ever increasing degree... Oh the glory and joy of such a life...

Working out my own salvation with fear and trembling. Being a constant do’er of the word, by going to Jesus in the ever present now. In the ever present moment by moment, that I might have life and that more abundantly...

Be blessed all that read, with a increase of Himself in our innermost being...

A fellow servant of His, Not me

 

[amadeus]

"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:" Eph 44:11-15

 

[Not me]

"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:" Eph 44:11-15

Be blessed as we learn Christ, Not me

 

[r1xlx]

Once saved and realise that all today's world will pass away shortly you gain a new peace and calmnes from knowing that even if things get bad your future in Jesus's Kingdom on Earth is guaranteed.
The pagans, atheists, evolutionists, agnostics, devilworshippers don't have that and if they had brains would face their futures with trembling.

 

[Pisteuo]

Nice op Not me.

Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

To deny yourself is not easy, but it is possible on your own. Monks and stoics do it daily. What’s different about Christ like people doing it is that we “pick up our cross” and follow Him. Meaning we aren’t denying ourselves for ourselves, but laying down our lives for Christ’s sake. For others. Not that we may gain in our fleshly desires but instead that we have Christ manifest in us. And that not even for us only, but for those that we come in contact with. That they may see Him in us and glorify God. The more of Him and less of you they see, the more likely you are to turn one unto God. The disciples were not called for themselves, and neither were we!

 

[r1xlx]

monks who keep themselves out of public are not following the advice to go preach the Gospel.

 

[Pisteuo]

We agree then.

 

[Not me]

Nice op Not me.

Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

To deny yourself is not easy, but it is possible on your own. Monks and stoics do it daily. What’s different about Christ like people doing it is that we “pick up our cross” and follow Him. Meaning we aren’t denying ourselves for ourselves, but laying down our lives for Christ’s sake. For others. Not that we may gain in our fleshly desires but instead that we have Christ manifest in us. And that not even for us only, but for those that we come in contact with. That they may see Him in us and glorify God. The more of Him and less of you they see, the more likely you are to turn one unto God. The disciples were not called for themselves, and neither were we!

If you wouldn’t mind me saying so a very learned and experienced with God response... But if I might add a thought... Now it might just be a terminology difference.. Or how God has taught or is teaching... You wrote;

“To deny yourself is not easy, but it is possible on your own.”

Now this to me is a loaded statement for it is both true and false...(by my understanding)

Yes we are told to deny ourselves as the way forward to walk with God..But the question comes with how? For denying self is the all of growing in Christ, without it one is just putting a new coat on a old body....The how is in the “reckoning ourselves dead”
we are told minute by minute moment by moment to reckon ourselves death to this world and all things....This is the thing we can do which itself causes the operation of God in us if we maintain the reckoning through thick and thin..If we refuse to be moved from this yielding all, this reckoning all up to the hands of God..For His will to be done and not ours....Hope this finds a place in you as I know you and Jesus are known one to another on a personal basis..So if once again I might be so bold as mention what I wrote above for the Spirit that dwells in you will either confirm or disavow...Either way I loved your input for the work of God is seen in it..

Be blessed as we become less and Him more, a fellow servant of His, Not me

 

[Pisteuo]

Amen.

I must admit that even typing that “to deny yourself is not easy but is possible on your own” was hard and I was conflicted.
For those that are called according to His purpose it is impossible that we could deny ourselves without the power of God. Grace. But for those that do not believe they must rely on themselves only to deny themselves of their fleshly desires. It does happen as I have a friend who lives as a stoic. He believes in doing good and denies himself fleshly desires. IMO, this without the love for God is only to glorify oneself.

I wouldn’t want to derail your thread further with talk of others disbelief and self denial. Your OP was well written and on point. Your love for God and others shine through in your posts. I love this topic and appreciate the opportunity to give my thoughts.

 

[Not me]

Amen.

I must admit that even typing that “to deny yourself is not easy but is possible on your own” was hard and I was conflicted.
For those that are called according to His purpose it is impossible that we could deny ourselves without the power of God. Grace. But for those that do not believe they must rely on themselves only to deny themselves of their fleshly desires. It does happen as I have a friend who lives as a stoic. He believes in doing good and denies himself fleshly desires. IMO, this without the love for God is only to glorify oneself.

I wouldn’t want to derail your thread further with talk of others disbelief and self denial. Your OP was well written and on point. Your love for God and others shine through in your posts. I love this topic and appreciate the opportunity to give my thoughts.

Be soooo very blessed as you, me, and all with hearts after God grow up and into Him more and more each and every day..

Thanks for the love of God shown, it put a smile on my face and a witness in my heart..

A brother in the Faith, Not me.