![]() ![]() " Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1). ![]() For if these things are yours and abundant, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ". But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self control, to self control perseverance to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. Peter expresses this interdependence and interrelation of virtues in 2 Peter 1:3-8 " as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Self Control is not attainable in isolation from other important basic Christian fundamentals. On the other hand, when we subject our flesh with all its desires to the leadership of the spirit we will have exercised what we call Self Control which differentiates us human beings from animals. When we allow our desires to control us, we become similar to animals, which are driven by their instinctive desires with neither dominance nor control. Paul describes the struggle to obtain and maintain these desires as an ongoing war between the flesh and the spirit which also has its desire to obtain what is beyond food and fame. It is one of the most important spiritual virtues that are essential for growth in the knowledge of God, pursuit of the Truth, and attaining of our future destiny.Īs human beings, our flesh is driven by its physical desires such as the desire for food, sex or psychological desires such as the love of fame, praise, to name a few. Self Control is dominance over all desires. Self Control is therefore important and recommended for everyone without exception or exemption regardless of gender, age or position. Likewise, if we leave our soul and spirit without self control, Satan can easily enter and spoil our lives. As the verse says, a man without self control is like a city broken into and left without protection, easy for thieves to break into, steal and destroy. This description shows how important self control is, since it acts like a guard to our life. The book of Proverbs 25:28 likens a man without self control to a city broken into and left without walls. " A man without self control is like a city broken into and left without walls" (Proverbs 25:28). ![]()
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