Mortification
Daily Dying
Sanctification · 6 verses
The Christian life demands daily self-denial and cross-bearing, as believers continually reckon themselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. This ongoing mortification involves habitual repentance, constant vigilance against temptation, and regular crucifixion of fleshly desires, reflecting Paul's declaration that he died daily to live for Christ.
Scripture References
“I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.”
“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
“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.”