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University with a doctorate in Chemistry. And now as the ship sailed home, Dr John Sung cast his diplomas into the sea, having decided that he would no longer be conformed to the world, but consecrate his life to God. Within an incredibly short time, his consecrated life was used by God to set fires of revival not only in China, but also in Taiwan, Malaysia, in Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia, bringing several hundred thousand lives to the Lord. And wherever he preached, the stocks of Bibles in local bookstores would be sold out in a short time. All of this was accomplished in just 15 years of fully consecrated, unreserved, unrelenting service. Dr John Sung burned himself out for the Lord as a living sacrifice and died at the age of 43 from cancer and tuberculosis. Although Dr Sung has been gone now for over 50 years, the impact of his consecrated life is still being felt today, in China, Southeast Asia and beyond. Hundreds of new churches, mission stations, Bible colleges and seminaries have been built and established. The Bible-Presbyterian (B-P) church movement was born in the John Sung Revival in Singapore in August 1935. This was a revival in which over 2,000 souls were saved, over 100 preaching bands were organised, and over 100 young people consecrated themselves to full-time service. And among those who consecrated themselves were two brothers, Dr Timothy Tow and Dr Tow Siang Hwa, the founding fathers of the B-P movement. Truly we must be greatly amazed that out of just one consecrated life, the life of John Sung, God was able to accomplish such great and mighty, wonderful things. And God can still do the same thing through a life that is consecrated to Him today. Will that life be yours? 16 A Consecrated Life
Chapter 2 The Motivation for Consecration: The Mercies of God Text: John 19:17-42 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God . . .” (Rom 12:1). The most important consecrated life of all was that of our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ. No other life was ever more consecrated to God than the Life of Jesus. According to John 6:38, Jesus came down from Heaven, not to do His own will, but the will of the Father who sent Him. In John 4:34, Jesus said, “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” And even though the will of the Father led Him into the awful experience of suffering and dying for our sins on the cross, He did not shrink from it, but fully submitted Himself to it. We remember how Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane when His soul was exceedingly sorrowful, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt” (Matt 26:39). Through doing the Father’s will, our wonderful Saviour revealed, in the most dramatic and wonderful way ever possible, the full dimensions of the mercies of God. The death of Christ displayed God’s infinite mercy for sinners like you and me. How wondrously merciful God is to us, to make His own dearly beloved Son bear the full force of His awful wrath against our sins on the cross. If God had been any less merciful to The Mercies of God 17
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II. Renew Your Mind and Conscience
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5:16 says, “Walk in the Spirit, a
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We must maintain the desire in our
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To Be Like Him What can it mean to
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Through this Book, God has made kno
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from this then I must follow Him. T
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your feet; ye also ought to wash on
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But after he graduates four things
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straight furrow he must concentrate
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that we want to observe in the pass
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The reason why Basanio succeeded wh
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where Christians never faced persec
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Having seen what the motivation for
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What this passage prophesies is tha
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to even live for Christ, how then c
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My own turning point took place in
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partners had sailed back to shore e
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elievers are sometimes reluctant to
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If God calls you today to forsake a
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III. The Grace We Have Received fro
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