A Surrendered Life

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of complete surrender to God in the Christian faith, contrasting it with partial surrender and hypocrisy.

There is a gap in every human heart between what we know is right and what we actually do. We make promises we don't keep. We set standards we don't meet. We know what God says, yet we often choose our own way instead. Many people point to hypocrisy in the church, and certainly there are times when that criticism is deserved. But the deeper issue is not really hypocrisy, it's surrender. Most Christians genuinely want to follow Jesus, yet they find themselves in a daily battle between God's will and their own. That is why Paul commands believers to "present your bodies" to God. Not part of yourself. Not your Sundays. Not your spare time. Your whole self. Because partial surrender is still self-rule. And as Jesus will show us today, the only way to truly follow Him is through complete surrender. In chapter 9 of the Gospel of Luke, Jesus taught that all who would come after Him must completely surrender their lives for His sake.

Topics covered

• surrender
• Christianity
• faith
• hypocrisy
• God's will
• following Jesus

Keywords

• surrender
• Christianity
• faith
• hypocrisy
• God's will
• Gospel of Luke
• Jesus

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Gospel of Luke

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