Why is it that so many professing Christians make no spiritual progress, and indeed make no efforts to grow in grace? Why? Because they care nothing about it! To take up a “mere profession” is all they desire; but to proceed from one degree of piety to another; to grow in grace – is no part of their desire... Is it possible to be a Christian and yet destitute of this desire to grow in grace? No, it is not! I tell you, it is not! If you have no concern to grow in grace – there is no grace in you! You are a piece of dead wood – and not a living branch! You are a spiritual corpse – and not a living man! In this state there can be no growth – for dead things never grow!
John Angell James

Self denile

Self denile

TOPICAL STUDY

SELF

GEN 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

2SA 24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

PSA 132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

PSA 132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

PSA 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

PRO 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

PRO 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

LAM 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

DAN 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

HAG 1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

MAT 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

MAT 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

MAT 8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

MAT 8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

MAT 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

MAT 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

MAT 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

MAT 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

MAT 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

MAT 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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.

MAT 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

MAT 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

MAT 19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

MAT 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

MAT 26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

LUK 5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

LUK 5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

LUK 5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.

LUK 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

LUK 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

LUK 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

LUK 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

LUK 18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

LUK 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

LUK 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

LUK 21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

LUK 21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

LUK 21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

JOH 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

ACT 20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

ACT 20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

ACT 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

ACT 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

ROM 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

ROM 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

ROM 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

ROM 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

ROM 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

ROM 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

ROM 14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

ROM 14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

ROM 14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

ROM 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

ROM 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

ROM 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

ROM 14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

ROM 14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

ROM 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

ROM 14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

ROM 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

ROM 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

ROM 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

ROM 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

ROM 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

ROM 14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

ROM 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

ROM 14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

ROM 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

ROM 14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

ROM 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

ROM 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

ROM 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

ROM 15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

ROM 15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

ROM 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

ROM 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

1CO 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

1CO 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

1CO 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

2CO 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

GAL 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

GAL 6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

GAL 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.

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