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  FULL ABANDONMENT TO GOD
  by David Shelby Corlett
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Summary: Full abandonment to God is necessary for a life fully owned by
Him and to meet the condition for the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Topics: "Holy Spirit", "Consecration"
Scripture References: Matthew 16:24, Luke 9:23, Romans 12:1, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Galatians 2:20

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David Shelby Corlett emphasizes the importance of making a full
consecration or abandonment of oneself to God in order to receive the
baptism with the Holy Spirit. This consecration goes beyond surrendering
one's will and possessions; it involves yielding the entire life, body,
soul, and spirit into God's hands for His Spirit to fill. It requires a
deep commitment where Jesus rules without a rival in our hearts,
signifying a complete ownership by God.

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As a basis for the exercising of this faith of appropriation the child
of God must make a full consecration or abandonment of himself to God.
This is not merely a surrender of his will to God, he has done that in
his surrender to be a child of God. He must yield the whole life, the
whole self, fully into the hands of God for the specific purpose that He
may fill him with His Spirit. No shallow conception of consecration will
do in this case. It is not merely meeting a condition at one time for
some blessing. It is a contract of a life relationship in which the full
dominion of heart and life is yielded into the hands of God. The old
hymn of consecration states it thus:

My body, soul and spirit,

Jesus, I give to thee;

A consecrated offering,

Thine evermore to be.

It is not merely giving all of the possessions to God, nor the
renouncing of the opinions of friends or loved ones when such Opinions
may contradict God's will for His children. It is above all the full
yielding or abandonment of self to God, where self is no longer on the
throne but where Jesus rules without a rival. We may do well sincerely
to consider, "Am I fully yielded to God? Does He fully own me?" It is
only as we consciously make such an abandonment of ourselves to God that
we may meet the condition for the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/david-shelby-corlett/full-abandonment-to-god/
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