Self-control | Fruit of the Spirit Study | Can I Be Real? Podcast - a podcast by Rae Michelle

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Show Notes:

○ Galatians 5:22-23

○ 1st and foremost, remember that these Fruits of the Spirit are all characteristics of God

• Self-control

○ Self-control- the ability to control oneself, in particular one's emotions and desires or the expression of them in one's behavior, especially in difficult situations.

○ Self control is the war between impulsivity and doing what's right or beneficial. It's the ability to control emotions, impulses or behaviors to achieve a greater goal.

○ Self-control, an aspect of inhibitory control, is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the face of temptations and impulses.

○ Self- control is not doing what

• Self-control in the Old Testament

○ David & Saul

○ In 1 Samuel 15, God rejects Saul as king over Israel and in 1 Samuel 16, God had Samuel anoint David to be the next king over Israel. In 1 Samuel 17, David defeats Goliath and by 1 Samuel 18, Saul is afraid and jealous of David and begins his attempts to kill him. In 1 Samuel 19, Saul is no longer discreet about it and he told Jonathan and his attendants to kill David, forcing David to flee Saul and leave Israel. David and his men go to several different places seeking refuge from Saul, one of those places was Nob, where the priests lived and where David and his men stopped to get food. They ended up eating the consecrated bread and Ahimelek the priest gave David the sword of Goliath. When Saul found out that the priests had aided David and his men, Saul had the priests at Nob killed.

○ So all this happens between David and Saul and in 1 Samuel 24, we are introduced to the first time that David spares Saul's life, and demonstrates self-control.

§ Read 1 Samuel 24:1-10

§ Read 1 Samuel 26:1-11, 23-24

○ Nehemiah & the opposition to the rebuilding of the wall

○ Nehemiah had the God-given assignment of rebuilding the walls around Jerusalem, which was the beginning stages of making Jerusalem a city again.

○ Read Nehemiah 4:1-15

○ Read Nehemiah 6:9-13

• The Self-control of Jesus (so many examples to choose from!)

○ Luke 4 talks about how Jesus tempted in the wilderness for 40 days by the devil. ("Go read for yourselves!"_

○ Jesus demonstrated self-control time after time! He was constantly accused of some wrong doing despite the fact that all he did was good and preach Truth from God's word.

○ Read Luke 22:47-53

○ Read John 19:7-11

• What about Us?

○ Read Romans 7:18-25 (NLT)

○ Read 2 Peter 1: 5-11 (NLT)

○ We need Jesus to help us! We need the Holy Spirit daily to live like Christ!

○ Read Proverbs 25:28- A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

○ Read Proverbs 16:32- Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city.

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