2. Desires: a. What admonition is given here regarding the desire of coveting? Exodus 20:17 b. Review the ninth and tenth commandments and Catechism questions 98 and 99. c. What are we told about the love and desire for money? Ecclesiastes 5:10 d. What warning is given regarding the love of money in Proverbs 10:3? e. Example of desire for … Read More
SELF-CONTROL OF MY BODY Part 1
My entire body: 1. Appetites-Physical: a. Right reason for hunger-Proverbs 16:26 b. Warnings against-Proverbs 23:1-3, 19-21a c. Christ’s admonition-Luke 12:22 d. Drunkenness-Proverbs 20:1 e. Result-Proverbs 23:21
SELF-CONTROL OF MY WILL
3. Will. The will is the key area which Christ must control. a. What fact do we learn about the will in Genesis 1:26-27? b. What was Christ’s prayer in Luke 22:42? Example-Acts 24:25 c. What should our prayer be regarding our will? Philippians 2:13
SELF-CONTROL OF MY TONGUE PART 2
C. Lying tongue 1. Psalm 63:11 2. Proverbs 19:9 3. What should our reaction be when someone lies about us? a. Matthew 5:11 b. Example – Acts 5:1-10 4. What is the final result of a lying tongue? Revelation 21:8 D. Cursing tongue 1. Leviticus 19:12 2. Colossians 3:8 3. James 3:10 4. Take out your Catechism and review … Read More
SELF-CONTROL ANSWERS WEEK 2
SELF-CONTROL AND MY IMAGINATIONS MIND: Imaginations Genesis 6:5-tells us that man’s imaginations were only evil continually. 2 Corinthians 10:5-“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,” (ESV) We are to cast down these imaginations. SELF-CONTROL AND MY PRIDE AND SELFISHNESS A. MIND: Pride and Self-Preoccupation: 1. … Read More
SELF-CONTROL AND MY TONGUE
Our emotions sometimes express themselves in different ways. Some are expressed in our actions and some in the things we say. 1. What should we be careful of as far as our actions are concerned? a. Luke 23:51 b. Acts 5:38-39 2. According to 1 Samuel 2:3, by whom are our actions weighed? Our tongue can be such … Read More
SELF-CONTROL AND HATRED AND JEALOUSY
A. EMOTIONS: HATRED 1. What do Proverbs 10:12 and 18a tell us about hatred? 2. What are the results of hatred as found in 1 John 2:9 and 3:15? B. EMOTIONS: JEALOUSY 1. How is jealousy described? a. Proverbs 6:34 b. Song of Solomon 8:6 2. Examples of jealousy. a. Genesis 37:4 b. Matthew 20:12 c. Luke 15:38 C. EMOTIONS: … Read More
SELF-CONTROL AND MY EMOTIONS
EMOTIONS: ANGER What does Proverbs 21:19 say about an angry women? What does Proverbs 29:22 say about an angry man? What does Colossians 3:8 say to do with anger? What is the result of anger in Matthew 5:22a? What admonitions regarding anger are given in the following verses? a. Psalm 37:8 b. Proverbs 16:32 c. Proverbs 19:11 d. Ecclesiastes 7:9
SELF-CONTROL AND MY PRIDE AND SELFISHNESS
A. MIND: Pride and Self-Preoccupation: 1. What is the origin of pride? a. Isaiah 14:13-14 b. Luke 18:11 c. Romans 12:3 2. What are the evil results of pride? a. Proverbs 13:10 b. Obadiah 3-4 3. What follows? a. Proverbs 11:2 b. Proverbs 16:18 4. What does the Lord say regarding pride in Jeremiah 13:15? B. MIND: Selfish aims … Read More
SELF-CONTROL AND MY IMAGINATIONS
MIND: Imaginations How are the imaginations of man described in Genesis 6:5? What are we admonished to do with these imaginations in 2 Corinthians 10:5?