Paul’s list of 9 gifts of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL (Gal. 5:22-23) What that last item is doing is pointing back to the works of the flesh.

How have I been doing at loving others well? Do my actions demonstrate God living in me?

If you were a recovering alcoholic, would it make sense to keep liquor handy in your house? If you were addicted to porn, would it be helpfu

If you are a professing Christian and yet living a life of secret sexual sin, you are living the self-life, and you are a modern-day Pharise