Self Denial

SELF DENIAL

TITUS 2:12, 13

I.                  DENY WHAT?

A.   UNGODLINESS

1.    ANYTHING THAT RUN CONTRARY TO WHAT WE KNOW OF THE NATURE OF GOD

2.    ANYTHING THAT IS CONTRARY TO HIS WORD

B.   LUST AND PASSIONS (LUST IS LOVE RUNNING IN THE WRONG DIRECTIONS)

C.   CARNAL ENJOYMENT AND AMBITIOUS GAIN

II.               SAYING “NO” IS NOT ENOUGH

A.   WE ARE NOT GOOD BY WHAT WE GIVE UP SIMPLY, BUT BY WHAT WE TAKE UP

1.    THE CROSS HAS ITS CREATIVE AS WELL AS ITS DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE

2.    “I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST: NEVERTHELESS I LIVE”

B.   SELF-CONTROL

C.   UPRIGHT AND GODLY LIVES

1.    GOVERNED BY GOD’S WILL

2.    GOVERNED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN THE HEART

III.           TO THE END THAT WE ARE PREPARED

A.   TO MEET GOD FACE TO FACE

B.   FOR HIS HOME HE HAS PREPARED FOR US