The speaker argues that accessing God's anointing requires continual spiritual surrender, not literal self-destruction. Dying to self means choosing God's will over personal desires when they conflict, from resisting temptation to everyday decisions where his direction opposes what you want.
Here's the key. You wanna walk in the influence of the anointing, you have to die. And by that, I don't mean literally physically die. I mean you have to die to self. Now, sadly, there are some who are teaching that it's not necessary to die to yourself to walk in the anointing. But I think this comes from a misunderstanding of what it means to die to yourself. Now, when I say die daily, I don't mean quit your job just because you enjoy the pay too much, or get rid of that relationship Just because you enjoy that relationship, or, or don't go on that family trip because it's considered a pleasure of this world. That, that again is legalism. God wants you to enjoy blessings that he gives you in this life. When I talk about dying to self, I'm talking about those moments when God's will contradicts your will, and you have to choose always God's will. Dying to self can be resisting sin and temptation. That is a form of dying to self. But dying to self can also be as simple as God wants you to go there and you want to go over there. That is when you die to self. Nevertheless, not my will, but your will be done. And this is where the real power is.
