Selflessness

"Everyone who is called by My name,
Whom I created for my glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him."

Isaiah 43:7

"For if self be devoted wholly to God, then there is something, above self, that overcomes it; something superior to self, that takes self, and makes an offering of it to God. A selfish principle never devotes itself to another. The nature of it is, to devote all others to self. They that have true love to God, love him as God, and as the Supreme Good; where as it is the nature of selfishness to set up self in the place of God, and to make an idol of self. That being whom men regard supremely, they devote all to. They that idolize self, devote all to self; but they that love God as God, devote all to him."

~Charity and Its Fruits
Jonathon Edwards

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service."

Romans 12:1

"They devote all to him: all their heart, and all their soul, and all their mind, and all their strength, or all their powers and faculties. (Mark 12:30)"
~Charity and Its Fruits
Jonathon Edwards


The quotes are from lecture eight of a series of sermons given by Jonathon Edwards in 1738. The sermons are based off of 1 Corinthians 13. Amazingly, he can take a tiny phrase of the chapter and develop a whole intricate lecture thoroughly outlining it! It's one of the most excellently written books on stirring up one to godliness I've ever read!