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Jesus said to DENY ONESELF
Matthew 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.
-- How much Denial should we practice ????
and Colossians says,
Colossians 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility,
and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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1479 ethelothreskeia
will worship
1) voluntary, arbitrary worship
1a) worship which one prescribes and devises for himself,
contrary to the contents and nature of faith which ought to be directed to Christ
1b) said of the misdirected zeal and the practice of ascetics .
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ASCETICISM
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Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline.
austere in appearance, manner, or attitude.
A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention
A person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures
of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction
-- abstainer, puritan, recluse, hermit, anchorite, solitary
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Matthew 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.
-- How much Denial should we practice ????
and Colossians says,
Colossians 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility,
and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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1479 ethelothreskeia
will worship
1) voluntary, arbitrary worship
1a) worship which one prescribes and devises for himself,
contrary to the contents and nature of faith which ought to be directed to Christ
1b) said of the misdirected zeal and the practice of ascetics .
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ASCETICISM
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Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline.
austere in appearance, manner, or attitude.
A person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention
A person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures
of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction
-- abstainer, puritan, recluse, hermit, anchorite, solitary
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