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May 10th -- Acts 24 The Need For Self-Control |
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"TEMPERANCE", about which Paul also addressed Felix, means "self-control," and is listed as one of the products of the Spirit in the life of a believer (Galatians 5:23). Felix was a naturally violent and head-strong man, used to exercising power, and getting his own way. If men revolted against his authority, he destroyed them. If the High Priest remonstrated with him, he had him done to death. If he fancied another man's wife, he took her. But if he wanted to be a Christian, he would have to get down off his high horse and learn to control his passions. "Except a man be converted, and become as a little child", the founder of Christianity had laid down "he cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven." And neither Felix or anybody else is exempted. There is no place for people on hand-made pedestals in the Kingdom of Christ, and of God. Len Richardson, The Christadelphian, 1977, page 336 |
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