The 9: Learning to Live Authentically
“Self-Control”
2 Peter 1:3-11 (CSB)
Key Truth: “How we live will be determined by the transformation of our character.”
Self- Control - "The ability to pursue the important over the urgent, rather than always being impulsiveor uncontrolled."
Main Question: How does the Holy Spirit grow the fruit of self-control in our lives so that we might look and act more like Jesus?
1. We are to live self-controlled lives. (2 Peter 1:3-7)
a. Self-control is the by-product of living with integrity and knowledge, which begins in the mind.
b. Self-control leads to patience which produces godliness, brotherly affection, and agape love.
2. Self-control is a sign of spiritual maturity. (2 Peter 1:8)
3. Lack of self-control is a sign of spiritual immaturity.
(2 Peter 1:9-11)
After the Message:
Read Galatians 5:19-21. Which of these vices do you struggle with? How will the fruit of self-control help you defeat these obstacles to spiritual maturity?
