Hey friends'

does any one identify with me?

Mt 19:5, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?

I feel it is my time to leave my father and mother and join my wife, as a matter of necessity.

1Co 7:36 ¶ If any one thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry--it is no sin.

I think my passions are strong, as you are saying preacher; I want to pick your advice and do what is proper and honorable to God. I have no intentions of behaving improperly towards my betrothed.

1Co 7:37 But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

I am under necessity, in that regard. However, I am firmly pivoted at heart to trust God. In the contrary statement, does it mean a loss of self-control.

 38 So that he who marries his betrothed does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.

In that case, I better do well not better. Ha ha.

Exercising Self Control

Dictionary:

The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

Ac 24:25 And as he argued about justice and self-control and future judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, "Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity I will summon you."

Paul condensed God’s requirement as being constituted in justice, self-control and future judgement. He makes a point, in this case, of self-control, in the life of a believer, as being fundamental for godly living.

1Co 7:9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.

1Co 9:25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

Paul uses an athlete’s analogy to make a case for self control: that an athlete runs exercising self-control. Though, he has an option of running the race his own way or even give up under various pressures, the athlete considers his crown important for the run. Similarly, self-control, in light of a Christian life requires that one walks as the Lord Jesus has marked out: through the guidance of his word which spells out the winning formula. All this, of course, is under the awesome influence of God’s Spirit.

Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  23 gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

2Ti 1:7 for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

Paul presents the supremacy of God’s Spirit as the Chief implement of God’s end in a believer. He is the key ingredient and recipe in the ‘manufacture’ of self-control. (Don’t quote me).

2Pe 1:5 ¶ For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

Self-control as needful of our active participation as believers. God has committed His seed in us and through our willingness, surrender and the practice of His word and the inclusive biddings,  self-control is birthed and/or grown. 

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