The Duty of Self-Denial and Ten Other Sermons (Thomas Watson)

The Duty of Self-Denial

And Ten Other Sermons

One may go to heaven without earthly comforts, but will not go without self-denial.

We have a natural tendency to fight for our rights and to exert our own will. We have been taught to look out for number one. Yet Jesus clearly said that the first step in following Him is to deny ourselves (Luke 9:23). In this classic treatise, Thomas Watson reminds Christians of their sacred duty of self-denial by explaining what it is and demonstrating how its every act asserts the supremacy of Jesus Christ.

This volume also contains ten additional messages by Watson, further challenging readers to forsake all in order to gain all in Christ.

Table of Contents

1. The Duty of Self-Denial (consisting of 8 chapters on the topic, on its own)
2. The Comforting Rod (Psalm 23:4)
3. The Peace of Christ (John 16:33)
4. Kiss the Son (Psalm 2:12)
5. Till My Change Comes (Job 14:14)
6. His Heart Is Fixed (Psalm 112:7)
7. Light in Darkness (Psalm 112:4)
8. The Good Shepherd (John 10:14)
9. How Must We Make Religion Our Business? (Luke 10:49)
10. The Day of Judgment Asserted (Acts 17:31)
11. How God Is His People’s Great Reward (Genesis 15:1)

About the Author

Thomas Watson (ca. 1620–1686) graduated from Cambridge University and became one of the leading Puritan minsters of London.

Endorsement

“Watson was one of the most concise, racy, illustrative, and suggestive of those eminent divines who made the Puritan age the Augustan period of evangelical literature. There is a happy union of sound doctrine, heart-searching experience, and practical wisdom throughout all his works.” — Charles H. Spurgeon