I Will Have Self Control, I Will Have Control Of My Body”

From: JUNE 17-23, 2008

PASTOR: EDITH CRUZ

STUDY #546

TOPIC: “: I Will Have Self Control, I Will Have Control Of My Body” 2 Timothy 1:7 If we don't have control of our body this will have much to do. Dominion is control. There is nothing better than to have control. If we are not people with knowledge their will not be any reasoning in us to have complete control in our lives. What we cannot control will destroy us. There are people with bad intentions surrounding us that want to do with our lives what they please. For this reason, there is nothing better than to have self control, control so that Christ can have the best of our lives. We need to have self control so that Christ will have the best of us. If we do not have this we give very little to the Lord. To have self control is not difficult and much less impossible. The more we know the Word of God the more we will understand the greatness of God; we will not be moved by anything. But it is in us to do this. We should have self control, control of our body 24 hours a day. We should know our capricious body and take control of everything. There is so much that we want to do! But if we have self control we can control our actions, the way we speak and think. The body has a tendency for the unpleasant when there is no control over it. There are actions that are very dangerous for our lives and for everything that surrounds us. Bad actions can cause us shame, sadness and pain. There are personal actions that can mark our lives forever. It is proper from human beings to blame others. Bad actions occur when we don’t know how to control our bodies. When we achieve control, there are certain places that we know not to go, and we don’t. There are things that we should cast out of our lives because they are vicious. It is necessary to have self-control. Those who have self-control cannot be stopped by anything or anyone, and the flesh will not get in the way. As we read in the verse, upon us there is not spirit of cowardice. God has given us a spirit of power, love and self-control. The least that He has given us is a spirit of cowardice. To achieve selfcontrol, the first thing we have to understand is that God has given us a spirit of power. We have to intensify it because we forget that God has given it to us. We have at our service a spirit of power without limits. Let us control our body and we will know how much power God has given us. God has not given us a spirit of failure to feel destroyed. With the capacity that God has given us we can serve with courage, tolerate with patience, and suffer with victory. What we suffer today is because tomorrow we will have a victory. Paul died with great glory because he had already known the Jesus that revealed Himself to him. He knew who he was serving. We have the spirit of power to work many miracles, to confuse our enemies, to support trials without breaking, because we have control of our body. We have to resist and support our trials. But, we complain and cry in our trials so much! If we join the soul with the trials, these will ruin us. In the day of the trial so many tears will not allow us to see clear. But, in the day of the trial Jehovah will bail us out. We must learn how to support trials. We have to train ourselves for what is legal and righteous before the eyes of God. We sometimes think that it is not necessary to discipline this body! It is our love towards God what tosses the fear in us and enables us to give ourselves to Christ, no matter the price. It is easy for some to stop loving God. What we have seen on behalf of God is so much well-being. What does God ask of us? To know God it is necessary to love him. Will we speak of Christ influenced by the knowledge of the Word or will we speak influenced by our own arguments?

Our love towards our fellow beings is what helps us tolerate all persecutions. This will prepare us to learn how to listen, to grow and to wait in God’s time. There are times when God has to take us through processes in order to make us understand. The teachings of God for our lives are not the most comfortable. We allow showing how tolerant we can be in the difficult moments. But, we sometimes live giving opinions and resisting. Love is what impulses us to desire obedience. God has given us a spirit of love, it does not come from our soul but from the spirit, for that reason it is with strength, with power. For this reason we give ourselves, but we need to know this spirit. God has given us a spirit of good sense, discipline that is self control of auto control. Let us discover and know by the Spirit what is inside us. Let us use of discretion thru the spirit of self control and not work in a precipitate and senseless way. No matter how adverse our circumstances may be, we should have a spirit of self control and maintain good judgment, balance and act with prudence. As believers we should maintain good judgment, be sensible people and act with prudence. It should be proper in us to act with prudency wherever we are. A sound mind, understanding, and sound judgment. We should have self control under all circumstances. We should have a rectified will, amended, nothing from this world for us but self control. We should have celestial calm because we have self control, good sense and God has disciplined us. Celestial calm is involved in the spirit of self control. We have to harmonize our soul with all the powers and capacities. In order to think and speak we should have harmony. If we do not have that dominion we are not going to be able to speak, act or think. In a temptation our soul is very clumsy and wants to act quickly, it wants to take us to act impulsively. We should not allow this, otherwise we will have losses. I Peter 1:6 To knowledge we should add self control that is the convenient employment, unlimited from the enjoyments of this Earth conserving all the senses. We should take care of our lives, never allowing the animal man to subdue what is spiritual. God calls Christians to live a disciplined life, with self control. There are things for us that are not permitted because we are Christians. We must learn to control our will. We should have discipline when we pray. First, we must acquire knowledge and then add self control. We must watch the times; this is how we have self control. Let us watch out for the desires of the flesh. There are many sacrifices that we have to make. 1 Corinthians 9:26, 27 To not be eliminated we should not risk ourselves, but do what God wants. We will not fight against the air but against satanic forces. Let us beat our body and submit it to self control, to what God wants, severely. There are certain things that involve the flesh and we cannot be a part of it. Because of the personal danger that exists of ruining our testimony we should discipline ourselves in everything in order to give Christ the best of our lives. We shall do this always. Amen.