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Surrender in the Bible: 1 Corinthians 13:2-3
The idea of "surrendering ourselves to the flames"--becoming a martyr for Christ--seems like it would be the most extreme and holy form of devotion to God. But this passage teaches us that even such an extreme act gains us nothing, if our lives and relationships are not characterized by love.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2013:2-3&version=NIV
Greg Gordon : The Church That Would Not Suffer!
Oh! for a call back to apostolic preaching, apostolic power, apostolic praying. We cry out ‘I want apostolic power’ but do we really? Do we want to suffer as they did? Do we want to crown our offering with a tortured bloody martyrdom as they did? Pentecost has a cost. If we are going...
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