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contradiction, doesn't it? The way to live is to

die? Sounds like a contradiction. But we find

this concept many times in Scripture, and this

is the demand of sacrificial living. This is the

forsaking all — deny all, suffer all, and forsake

all, and this is the demand of sacrificial living.

What does that mean? Well, Luke 14:33 says,

“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that

forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my

disciple.” We find this concept again in

Matthew 16:25 and in Luke 16, verses 16

through 18, and again with the rich man in Luke

18, verses 18 through 30, and we find it again in

John 12 in verse 25. What is all this about?

Well, the Bible destroys the American dream,

does it not? The Bible destroys the concept of

the American dream because the Lord says

we're to renounce possessions, and we’re

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