(A) CHARACTERISTICS OF
(1) Death to Sin
Ro 11; Ga 2:20; Ga 5:24; Col 2:20; Col 3:3; 2Ti 2:11; 1Pe 2:24
(2) Fellowship with Christ's Death
Ro 6:6; Ro 8:36; 2Co 4:11; Ga 2:20; Col 2:20; 2Ti 2:11
(3) The Rendering of Unquestioning Service
-- Noah
Ge 6:22
-- Elisha
1Ki 19:20
-- David
Ps 40:8
-- Isaiah
Isa 6:8
-- Christ
Joh 4:34
-- Paul
Ac 9:6
--SEEObedience (1),OBEDIENCE
(4) Resignation in Trial,examples of
Eli
1Sa 3:18
David
2Sa 12:23; 2Sa 15:26; 2Ki 20:19
Job
Job 1:21
Paul's Friends
Ac 21:14
--SEESubmission (2),SUBMISSION
(5) Submission to the Divine Will
The Result of Inward Law
Ps 40:8
Prayer Essential to
Ps 143:10; Mt 6:10
Establishes a Divine Relationship
Mt 12:50
Christ the Perfect Example of
Mt 26:42; Joh 5:30
Tends to Spiritual Knowledge
Joh 7:17; Ac 21:14; Ro 12:2
Whole-hearted Required
Eph 6:6; Heb 13:21
The Rule of Every-day Life
Jas 4:15; 1Jo 2:17
--SEEPleasing God,FAVOUR
(B) CONSECRATION
(1) A Call to Personal
Ex 32:29; 1Ch 29:5; Pr 23:26; Ro 12:1; 2Ti 2:21
--SEEWhole Heart,EARNESTNESS
(2) Examples of Personal
Jud 5:2; 2Ch 17:16; Ps 40:7; Ac 6:4; 2Co 8:5; Php 2:8
--SEESelf-sacrifice,SELFISHNESS
&SELFISHNESS
Obedience,OBEDIENCE
(3) Of Persons to Special Religious Work
Ex 29:9; Le 8:12; Nu 3:3; Nu 27:23; Ac 6:6; Ac 13:3
--SEEAnointing,
Laying on of Hands,HANDS, LAYING ON OF
(4) Entire Consecration,examples of
Caleb and Joshua
Nu 32:12
Josiah and his Subjects
2Ki 23:3; 2Ki 23:25
Judah under King Asa
2Ch 15:15; Ps 119:69
Paul the Apostle
Php 8; 1Th 5:23
-- of Christ to his Mission.SEEChrist's Sacrifice,SAVIOUR
For further treatment of this subjectSEESelf-denial,SELF-DENIAL