{"id":4340,"date":"2025-05-19T22:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T02:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mzgtiglobal.org\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:02:24","slug":"lack-of-self-control-incontinence-pt-1-may-18th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mzgtiglobal.org\/?p=4340","title":{"rendered":"LACK OF SELF-CONTROL (INCONTINENCE) PT 1, MAY 18TH, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CENTRAL THOUGHT
We must each grow in the fruit of self-control (self-restraint, continence) daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEXT: GAL. 5:22; 2 PETER 1:5-6; 1 TIM. 4:1-5; 2 TIM. 3:1-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n


INTRODUCTION:
God made man a rational being with free will, unlike the
animals that are controlled by their instincts and bodily
desires. God built into man a capacity to make choices and
thus regulate his thoughts, words, and actions. It was lack
of self-control that led to the fall of man. The devil, by
arousing lust of the eyes and the pride of life, made man eat
the forbidden fruit and brought death upon man.
An ever-worsening lack of self-control is one of the signs
of the end times (2 Tim. 3:1-3). It reflects how distant the
world has moved from obeying God. We do not need to
look far to see its manifestations: fornication, adultery,
corruption in and out of government, hypocrisy in the
church, and so on. The purpose of this study is to highlight
this malady and help us escape its ominous consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LESSON OBJECTIVES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. To understand what lack of self-control means<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. To understand the cause of lack of self-control<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. To understand why lack of self-control is prevalent today<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    BIBLE TRUTH:
    QUESTION 1) WHAT IS LACK OF SELF-CONTROL?
    The oxford dictionary defines self-control as control over
    oneself, temper, emotions, and desires; self restraint, self\u0002command. For us Christians, self-control involves the
    exercise of the human will to ensure that our thoughts,
    words, and actions are appropriate, in agreement with the
    will of God for our lives. It means ensuring that we are not
    controlled by desires for food, sex, sleep, material things or
    the emotions: fear, anger, jealousy, and so on. Lack of self\u0002control therefore means the absence of the capacity to
    exercise restraint in such issues as we have enumerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    QUESTION 2) WHAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
    LACK OF SELF-CONTROL?
    The desire to please self at the expense of obedience to
    God\u2019s word (or the voice of the Holy Spirit) and the good
    of others is the reason for all lack of self-control. This may
    be because of the immediate pleasures and benefits our
    actions will bring. It may also be due to the unwillingness
    to suffer, be in need, suffer loss, fail an examination, not
    get a job or a contract, and so on. Hence, the individual
    gives in to the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the
    pride of life. When the desire is to please God, the
    individual exercises his will by refusing to conform to the
    pattern of the world as the case may be (Rom. 12:1-3) and God enables him, if he is a child of God, to overcome and do His will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    QUESTION 3) DISCUSS HOW THE FOLLOWING
    SHOWED LACK OF SELF-CONTROL.
    CAIN: GEN. 4:3-8
    Cain was angry because God accepted Abel\u2019s offering and
    rejected his. This was not Abel\u2019s fault but his. He allowed
    his anger to lead to murder and was cursed because of it.
    He could have prevented this along the line. He could have
    faced the fact that it was his fault that God did not accept
    his offering.
    Cain could have refused to give in to the suggestions in his
    mind to kill his brother, having tricked his brother to go to
    the field, he could still have controlled his emotions and not
    lay his hands against his brother.
    Anger is a terrible emotion that consumes the person that
    harbors it and can make any action seem rational, but the
    Bible admonishes us to \u201cBe angry but sin not\u201d (Eph. 4:26).
    Are you easily angered? are you angry when others are
    preferred over you or promoted and recognized?
    Remember, anger is not a fruit of the Spirit, you must be a
    master of it, or it will destroy you here and eternally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    QUESTION 4) WHY IS LACK OF SELF-CONTROL SO PREVALENT TODAY? 2 TIM. 3:1-3, 1 PETER 4:1-3; 2
    PETER 2:17-22; 2 TIM. 4:1-4
    We are warned that in the last days, which we are in, many
    in the church will love themselves, money, and pleasures
    more than God. This is partly the effect of seducing spirits
    and demonic activity that make love for God and obedience
    to Him seem outdated and \u201cold school\u201d. A different picture
    of God is painted: one who loves us and understands when
    we continue to sin. A God who is only a means to our
    enjoying life and getting rich. A God we can serve on our
    own terms and at our convenience because he understands.
    The result is that many profess Christianity, but their lives
    do not show a devotion to godliness. However, since they
    are constantly told by their preachers that they are fine and
    are the \u201cbeloved of God\u2019 they are not worried. We are
    warned not to have anything to do with them.
    Also, the Bible warns of the activities of false teachers.
    These men, we are told, will be such smooth operators that
    if it were possible even the elect will be deceived (Matt.
    24:24). We are also warned that men will not put up with
    sound doctrine. \u201cInstead, to suit their own desires they will
    gather around them a great number of teachers to say what
    their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears
    away from the truth and turn aside to myths\u201d (2 Tim. 4:3-4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We have many of these \u201centertaining preachers\u201d today.
    The crowd flocks to them because they say next to nothing
    about the need to live above sin, God\u2019s judgement of sin,
    the fact that only faithful Christians will be taken at the
    rapture, and so on. The faithful Christian may be tempted to
    compromise on essentials of the faith, but we must
    remember always that only those \u201cwho stand firm to the
    end will be saved\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    DAILY LIVING APPLICATION:
    God holds each of us responsible for his\/her thoughts, words,
    and actions and we will give an account to Him. We must decide
    to live by what we believe in every area of our lives.
    Compromise is easy, cheap, and common. But heaven applauds
    those who stand firm and control their beings in order to please
    God. We must each grow in the fruit of self-control daily. This is
    a major need of the family, church, and society today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    MEMORY VERSE:
    2 TIM. 3:1-2
    \u201cThis know also, that in the last days perilous times shall
    come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
    boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
    unthankful, unholy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE:
    MON: Incontinency: a sign of the last days. 2 Tim. 3:1-3
    TUE: Lack of self-control over anger. Gen. 4:3-8
    WED: Lack of self-control over lust. 2 Sam. 11:2-5
    THU: Lack of self-control over greed. Num. 22:4-29
    FRI: Appeal to present all your members. Rom. 12:1-3
    SAT: Grow in this fruit of the Spirit today. Gal. 5:22-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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