Mar. 30, 2025

Grow Up!

Self-Control

Primary Text:  Titus 2:11-13      

Last Teaching:  Grow Up! – Sowing Generously

1)  The Golden Law

Galatians 6:7-8:  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.  A man reaps what he sows.  The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Matthew 7:12:  So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this 

sums up the Law and the Prophets.

2)  Doing Good

Galatians 6:9-10:  Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.  

3)  Sowing Generously

2 Corinthians 9:6-7:  Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.  Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 

This Week’s Teaching:

1)  Temperance

Galatians 5:22-23:  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.

DQ 1) Define “self-control.”

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2)  Lustful Desires

1 John 2:15-16 (NASB):  Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.  

DQ 2) What are lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life?  How do they manifest in your life?

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3)  Godly Lives

Titus 2:11-13:  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.  It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ….  

DQ 3) How is self-control essential to living a Godly life? 

DQ 4) In what ways do you need greater self-control?

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4)  No Longer Slaves

Romans 6:5-7:  If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.  For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. 

DQ 5) Why are unconverted people slaves to sin?  

DQ 6) Why are some Christians still slaves to sin after their conversion?

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5)  Freedom

Romans 8:1-2:  Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.  

DQ 7) How are self-control and freedom interrelated?

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