Putting On Christ – Self-Control Part 2

In the previous lesson in the series Putting On Christ, we did some study on the value and necessity of the last characteristic of the fruit of the spirit: self-control.

• We defined self-control as: “have mastered your inner self” by submitting our spirit to God’s via His word.
• Self-control is discipline, under the direction of God’s Word that enables to walk in the light and be pleasing to God.
• We can control lust by the spirit of God that is in us. We can control thoughts that become addictions and “not be brought under the power of any” (1 Cor. 6:12).
• We can say no, by the power of the spirit that is in us and never become slaves to anything but righteousness.

To wrap this point up I’d like to consider three topics, beginning with…

Take Every Thought Captive “casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,” (2 Cor. 10:5)…