What Is Christian Self-Denial?

What distinctly Christian self-denial is.
What is it to take up our cross as Christians?

Self-denial is an essential mark of a true believer.
A willingness to suffer for Christ's sake.

Current discouragements to self-denial.
Doctrinal and practical - Antinomianism, man-centeredness, adherence to principle seen as an enemy of righteousness, compromise of principle seen in attitudes to homosexuality, the weakness of the church as seen by the world.

Areas in which self-denial is especially required today.
Several pressure points in our own society where the claims of Christ clash with the world's. Appeal to broadmindedness, morality, rearing of children.

Cultivating a Christian attitude to self-denial.
We must cultivate a mindset of what honours Christ in every situation.