STUDY: God's Fire of Acceptability

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On Fri, 29 Sep 1995 05:38:03 -0500, you wrote:


>:) Many speak of their need to die to self, and they quote the words,
>:) H>"I die daily."  Such words are OUT OF CONTEXT OF THE PASSAGE GIVEN.
>:) H>Paul was referring to the closeness he comes to dying every day in
>:)literally hazarding his life for the Gospel.  Read it!  (1 Cor. 15:31).


>	Interesting text, but I feel that the saints don't use 
>the scripture out of context.  I feel that Paul was not only talking
>about the physical peril in which he underwent; but also the spiritual
>that he was walking around and in.  Therefore he had to die out to
>the world everyday, lest the cares of this world carry him away.  

You are both right. The key is where Paul says that "death works in us
so that life could work in you". Like Paul, we ought to allow the
death to self to launch us into ministry where our lives might be
given. Paul's missionary work is a fulfilment of his Holy Ghost
directed and Spirit-led life. This is not possible without a
foundation at the brazen altar.


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