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    We Are Commanded to Show Self-Control in Fellowship



    2 Peter 1:58 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply
    moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-
    control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and
    in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these
    qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the
    true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    We come to the last of the fruits of the Holy Spirit that are produced in God's children - self
    control. Will we find that this is an exception to the rule we are discovering in this series?
    Does God produce self control in us but then not command us to be self-controlled in the
    church? Not at all. Here is Peter, writing to believers and commanding them to apply all
    diligence to grow in self control, and in many other fruits and gifts where that growth can
    only be seen in the context of fellowship.

    The word used refers to complete mastery over oneself - the ability not to give in to worldly
    temptations, or to excesses in any activity. In the light of what we have been thinking
    throughout our consideration of these fruits, we must note again that Christ is our supreme
    Example, and that to be in a fellowship where this fruit is abundant is a great blessing to the
    soul.

    But let's ponder a moment on how we may grow in these things, and how we may be
    obedient to these commands. All these fruits are the work of the Holy Spirit, and His
    influence in us is increased as we use the means of grace. So if you want to exhibit more
    love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control in
    your life, you need to be much in prayer, much in the Word, much in the proper use of the
    Lord's Table and, (curiously enough) much in true fellowship. A true enjoyment and
    practice of fellowship will help to equip you with more of the fruits you are commanded to
    manifest in true fellowship! A virtuous circle indeed! And the same goes for obeying all
    these commands, because the inclination to be quick to obey is strengthened in us by the
    working of the Holy Spirit!

    This goes some way to explaining what Peter is saying in our text. If we possess and are
    growing in the fruits of the Spirit that he lists, that will mean that we won't be useless or
    unfruitful in the true knowledge of Christ. And any knowledge of Him that does not yield a
    harvest of this fruit is likely not to be a true knowledge!

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