“..the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!”
Galatians 5:22-23
” So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[a] you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.”
Galatians 5:16-18
THE WAR INSIDE YOU
“but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me”
Romans 7:23
“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?”
James 4:1
Truth about self-control
- Self-control is about who are you becoming as a soldier for Christ in the war against evil.
“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 5 for each one should carry their own load. 6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor.”
Galatians 6:1-6
- The focus of the Fruit of Self control isn’t feelings, it’s faithfulness
- Self-Control *It’s not about performance. It’s not—try harder. It’s about patience as God does His work
” I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5
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