Dying to Self by Keith Green

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXFKZfJk19I

Great fluffy muffins! I can't express how blessed I am by this sermon! It was like being lovingly spoon-fed by the Father in an intimate, one-on-one conversation where His eyes never left mine.

I want to say that it "answers so many questions" but that's not quite what I'm trying to say. Over the years, I've gained so much head knowledge that it's like those "bricks of knowledge" have been used to build up walls I never knew existed. Now, one by one, all of those bricks of knowledge are falling from my head into my heart. The walls are coming down and the freshest, sweetest smelling breeze is rushing in and refreshing me. Everything is starting to make perfect sense and suddenly nothing God is asking of me is remotely unreasonable! I feel like I'm being let in on an inside secret that very few people ever really hear.

I can't stop thinking about this and I want to know more about what the scriptures mean about dying to yourself.

Is there a fine line between dying to self and taking it to extremes? I know the normal tendency is to not completely die to self, but how about going in the other direction? I'm more prone to be extreme, due to my old, perfectionistic nature and feeling like I always had to prove myself. (I've had more than enough of that nonsense!)

I think this is going to take time, prayer and fasting so as to do this through the Holy Spirit instead of my own understanding and my own strength. (I've had more than enough of that, too.)

I'd be grateful to hear other thoughts on the subject; especially if you've taken the time to listen to this message.

It is here right?

https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=4586&commentView=itemComments

https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=4587&commentView=itemComments

Not commiting to listening right now, but will put it on the future sermon list. Thanks

I have not heard the sermon you posted but Brother Zac Poonen speaks a lot about Dying to one self. I would suggest you to search for his sermons on this topic in youtube.

There is no extreme in dying to one self. You are either dead to your self or alive. Without death there is no resurrection. Only through the resurrection of dead God's power will be demonstrated in us. If we do not have the resurrected life then we will always be devoid of his power.

The Lord recently showed me that Dying to one self is not just in the area of Sin but also in the area of things that are rightfully overs. Are we willing do dye in our rights?

Linda,

The link I gave is for SermonIndex's YouTube channel where both parts were put together. But yes, the links you posted are the same as the one I posted. As far as listening to it, you just keep at what the Holy Spirit has placed in front of you if it's not this at the moment! I just wanted to share it because it absolutely blessed my socks off!

To be honest, it was Part One that really blessed and spoke to me. Part Two, in all honesty, isn't about dying to self, as far as I could tell.

Sreeram,

Yes, Keith Green goes into that and does it in a way that makes so much sense that your willingness to fully die to self is very likely to increase by leaps and bounds!

Julius,

No doubt about it! Romans seems to be an accompanying theme in my life right now!

Do we crucify ourselves, or is that already accomplished by Christ?

Are we trying to die, or are we already dead?

Some verses to consider - note the tenses: Colossians 3:3-4, Romans 6:3-8, Galatians 2:20 (link: http://bit.ly/1TaygSl)

Quote from Austin-Sparks' "The School of Christ":

"We have not to die; we are dead. What we have to do is to accept our death. Failing to see that, we shall all the time be struggling to bring ourselves to death. It is a position taken which is God's settled, fixed and final position so far as we are concerned. That is the meaning of reckoning yourself dead...

Well, now, baptism is that altar where God regards us as having died in Christ, and we simply step in there and say, That position which God has settled with reference to me is the one which I now accept, and I testify here in this way to the fact that I have accepted God's position for me, namely, that in the Cross I have been brought to an end."

https://www.scribd.com/doc/63781935/Dying-to-Self-by-William-Law

This has blessed me tremendously. I especially like the commentary by Andrew Murray.

-Daniel

BTW TrueWitness - I appreciate the testimony which you shared some weeks ago on a different thread. I can identify with parts of your journey.

I've also enjoyed many of your posts. Glad to see you back here posting more regularly these days.