Making A Pocket-Sized Survival Kit
Temperance is listed The Lost Ways Review among the fruits of the Spirit of God in the life of His children and among the things we must add to our faith in order not to be barren or unfruitful (2 Peter 1:5,6). The question then is, what is temperance, and how does it affect survival in life? Temperance is the practice of controlling and restraining one's behavior. It is the same thing as being temperate, disciplined or self-controlled. In the Bible, Paul observed that "every man that strives for the mastery (championship) (to win or survive victoriously), is temperate in all things". He said that he himself employed temperance in his life and ministry in order to make it to heaven, and not to be a cast-away after he would have preached to others. He kept his body - his taste, appetite or fleshly urges under control. He did not give the body whatever it demanded for because he knew that it was not everything that his body desired or demanded that he could afford or that was lawful or expedient (1 Corinthians 6:12-13; 9:25-29; 10:23).
It takes http://coopersdivertimento.com/the-lost-ways-book-review/ temperance (self control/discipline) to survive or make it in life or to heaven in the times in which we are. The reason is that it is not everything that our bodies are attracted to/desired that we can afford. And it is not all such that are lawful, expedient or edifying. There are things we may be attracted to but which we cannot afford by our strength or resources. There are such that may be unlawful either before God or by the laws of the land. Some may even be lawful but may not be expedient or edifying. If we must then do without such things, temperance will become a necessity. With the increasing iniquity, moral decadence with the associated indecent dressing among women, wild display of wealth by some, etc., it will take temperance for one to stand, not falling into temptation to sin. When we prayerfully cultivate the virtue of temperance in our lives, it will help us a lot.This is another strategy or principle that those who desire to survive or make it in life must have and practice. Many have gone to their grave earlier than schedule or failed to make it to heaven though they entered the race or road to the place, all because they lacked the virtue, practice or exercise of caution.
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