With Self-Control
Update: 2025-06-01
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Imagine what it would be like if everyone practiced self-control. What a world it would be!
Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23 ), which means it is something that we must be growing in as Christians over the course of our lives.
As we resume our 1 Timothy series, The Good Fight, this Sunday, with a look at
1 Timothy 2:8-15, we’ll see that it is pleasing to God when we are self-controlled. The Apostle tells Timothy (and us) that self-control leads men to pray earnestly and reject strife, and it leads women to conduct themselves respectfully and renounce the dissatisfaction that many (most?) experience. In the end, we’ll hear that self-control is key to every believer getting back to what God intended for us.
Series: The Good Fight (1 Timothy)
Todd Dugard
Message: 6 – With Self-Control
Harvest Bible Chapel
Text: 1 Timothy 2:8-15
June 1, 2025
1 Timothy 6:12
I am pleasing to God when I am self-controlled…
...as a man, praying earnestly (v. 2:8a)
Prayer is the most ancient, most universal, and most intensive expression of the religious instinct. It includes the simplest speech of infant lips, and the sublime entreaties of older age. All reach the Majesty on high. Prayer is indeed the Christian's vital breath and native air. But, strange paradox, most of us find it hard to pray. We do not naturally delight in drawing near to God. We sometimes pay lip service to the delight and power of prayer. We call it indispensable; we know the Scriptures call for it. Yet we often fail to pray.
J. Oswald Sanders
From the OSU study on communication differences -
Women:
“rapport talk,” relationship, nurturing, emotional expressiveness (feelings), empathy, support.
Men:
“report talk,” task, action-oriented, accomplishment, facts, analysis, problem solving, competitiveness.
…and rejecting strife (v. 2:8b)
...as a woman, conducting myself respectfully (v. 2:9a, 10, 11, 12b)
…and renouncing dissatisfaction (v. 2:9b, 12a)
Galatians 3:28-29
Not only are God's ways true and right; they are also beautiful and good. He delights in the creatures whom He fashioned with His own hands, into whom He breathed the breath of life. And He wants them to delight in Him and to experience every blessing possible. Our good, wise, loving God would never ask of us something that is not for our ultimate benefit. If we abandon or reject His good plan, we do it to our own harm, as well as to the harm of others and the gospel itself. I'm not saying submission is easy. It can be excruciatingly hard. I'm not saying it comes naturally. It doesn’t. We are all born with a rebel spirit.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Adorned
…as a believer, getting back to what God intended (v. 2:13-15)
Resources:
Gender Issues: Communication Differences in Interpersonal Relationships
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/FLM-FS-4-02-R10
Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer
J. Oswald Sanders
https://a.co/d/4NaxL3Z
Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23 ), which means it is something that we must be growing in as Christians over the course of our lives.
As we resume our 1 Timothy series, The Good Fight, this Sunday, with a look at
1 Timothy 2:8-15, we’ll see that it is pleasing to God when we are self-controlled. The Apostle tells Timothy (and us) that self-control leads men to pray earnestly and reject strife, and it leads women to conduct themselves respectfully and renounce the dissatisfaction that many (most?) experience. In the end, we’ll hear that self-control is key to every believer getting back to what God intended for us.
Series: The Good Fight (1 Timothy)
Todd Dugard
Message: 6 – With Self-Control
Harvest Bible Chapel
Text: 1 Timothy 2:8-15
June 1, 2025
1 Timothy 6:12
I am pleasing to God when I am self-controlled…
...as a man, praying earnestly (v. 2:8a)
Prayer is the most ancient, most universal, and most intensive expression of the religious instinct. It includes the simplest speech of infant lips, and the sublime entreaties of older age. All reach the Majesty on high. Prayer is indeed the Christian's vital breath and native air. But, strange paradox, most of us find it hard to pray. We do not naturally delight in drawing near to God. We sometimes pay lip service to the delight and power of prayer. We call it indispensable; we know the Scriptures call for it. Yet we often fail to pray.
J. Oswald Sanders
From the OSU study on communication differences -
Women:
“rapport talk,” relationship, nurturing, emotional expressiveness (feelings), empathy, support.
Men:
“report talk,” task, action-oriented, accomplishment, facts, analysis, problem solving, competitiveness.
…and rejecting strife (v. 2:8b)
...as a woman, conducting myself respectfully (v. 2:9a, 10, 11, 12b)
…and renouncing dissatisfaction (v. 2:9b, 12a)
Galatians 3:28-29
Not only are God's ways true and right; they are also beautiful and good. He delights in the creatures whom He fashioned with His own hands, into whom He breathed the breath of life. And He wants them to delight in Him and to experience every blessing possible. Our good, wise, loving God would never ask of us something that is not for our ultimate benefit. If we abandon or reject His good plan, we do it to our own harm, as well as to the harm of others and the gospel itself. I'm not saying submission is easy. It can be excruciatingly hard. I'm not saying it comes naturally. It doesn’t. We are all born with a rebel spirit.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Adorned
…as a believer, getting back to what God intended (v. 2:13-15)
Resources:
Gender Issues: Communication Differences in Interpersonal Relationships
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/FLM-FS-4-02-R10
Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer
J. Oswald Sanders
https://a.co/d/4NaxL3Z
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