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Self-Control

Self-Control. “But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” 1 Cor. 9:27 NKJV “Temperance” - 2 Peter 1:6 = Self-Control. Self-Control. Romans 6:3-4 = buried with him in baptism

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Self-Control

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  1. Self-Control “But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” 1 Cor. 9:27 NKJV “Temperance” - 2 Peter 1:6 = Self-Control

  2. Self-Control Romans 6:3-4 = buried with him in baptism Romans 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

  3. “Without control, there can be no freedom.”

  4. NO “your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.” Romans 6:13b BBE “Without control, there can be no freedom.”

  5. What is it ? “For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” Romans 8:13 Self-control is that ability to discipline or control our life under Jesus Christ as Lord. Hebrews 5:14 (ESV) “…trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”

  6. Why do we need it ? Prov. 25:28 “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”

  7. Our appetites, desires and passions have been compared to “wild horses”. “These wild horses should not be repressed but expressed.” Sigmund Freud “God did not design the flesh to rule”

  8. These “wild horses” need to be harnessed ! Col. 3:5 “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication ncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence (desire), and covetousness, which is idolatry.” Mortify = put to death, subdue Rom. 13:14 “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”

  9. Unless we are “harnessed” we cannot do anything ! Niagra Falls Self Control is needed to enjoy life. “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10

  10. How do we get it ? "Then He said to them all, if anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me." (Luke 9:23) “And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” Gal. 5:24 “I have been crucified with Christ” Gal. 2:20 Give account at judgment - 2 Cor. 5:10

  11. What happens when We don’t have it ? Eve ate the forbidden fruit - Gen. 3:6 Achan took silver and gold - Joshua 7:21 David sinned with Bathsheba - 2 Sam. 11:2-4 Works of the Flesh - Gal. 5:19-21 “Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:”

  12. What happens when We do have it ? PAUL = "But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified." 1 Cor. 9:27) JOSEPH = “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" Genesis 39:7-9

  13. Areas where we must practice Self-Control GOOD THINGS Eating Pleasure Work Sleep ABSTAIN FROM Fornication Lying Gambling Strong Drink Stealing Control Temper = Prov. 14:29 - “slow to wrath” Bridle tongue = James 1:26 "If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless."

  14. Must be taught In the family Proverbs Prov. 22:15 “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” Proverbs 23:13 - 14 “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.” Discipline

  15. Discipline of Children Not for revenge - showing who is the Boss To teach self-discipline “The correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement” If a child does not learn self-control in the home then they will have trouble throughout their lifetime. A disciplined child will obey God when old enough.

  16. Self-Control Fruit of the spirit - Gal. 5:22-23 Christian Graces - 2 Pet. 1:5-11 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Phil. 4:13 Gideon fought against the Midianitdes Judges 7:18 “The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon” Joint effort between you and God “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Col. 3:3

  17. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 arthurpigman@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning January 20, 2013

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