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Bible Questions Answered:
“What
is intemperance?...”
Lucy/
Evans, Georgia U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The
Word:
Temperance:
Moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.;
self-control.
Habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural
appetite or passion.
Dictionary.Com
Intemperance:
Excessive indulgence of appetite or passion.
Lack of moderation or due restraint, as in action or
speech.
Dictionary.Com
The
Word:
Job
28:28 NLT
And
this is what He says to all humanity:‘The fear of The Lord is true
wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Psalm
34:14 KJV
Depart
from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalm
97:10 KJV
Ye
that love The Lord, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of His saints;
He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Proverbs
4:27 KJV
Turn
not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs
14:16 KJV
A
wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and
is confident.
Proverbs
16:32 NLT
Better
to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to
conquer a city.
Proverbs
25:28 NLT
A
person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.
Zechariah
7:10 KJV
And
oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the
poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your
heart.
Romans
12:1,2,9 NLT
1
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your
bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a
living and holy sacrifice—the kind He will find acceptable. This is
truly the way to worship Him.
2
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God
transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then
you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and
pleasing and perfect.
9
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is
wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
I
Corinthians 10:3-6,13 NLT
3
All of them ate the same spiritual food,
4
and all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from
the spiritual Rock that traveled with them, and that Rock was Christ.
5
Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were
scattered in the wilderness.
6
These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave
evil things as they did,
13
The temptations in your life are no different from what others
experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to
be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a
way out so that you can endure.
Galatians
5:13-26 NLT
13
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters.
But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead,
use your freedom to serve one another in love.
14
For the whole Law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your
neighbor as yourself.”
15
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out!
Beware of destroying one another.
16
So I say, let The Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be
doing what your sinful nature craves.
17
The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of
what The Spirit wants. And The Spirit gives us desires that are the
opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are
constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your
good intentions.
18
But when you are directed by The Spirit, you are not under obligation
to the Law of Moses.
19
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are
very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
20
idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of
anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
21
envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me
tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of
life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
22
But The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires
of their sinful nature to His cross and crucified them there.
25
Since we are living by The Spirit, let us follow The Spirit’s
leading in every part of our lives.
26
Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of
one another.
Ephesians
6:10-18 KJV
10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in The Lord, and in The Power of His
might.
11
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
1
3
Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able
to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with Truth, and having
on the breastplate of righteousness;
15
And your feet shod with the preparation of The Gospel Of Peace;
16
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17
And take the helmet of salvation, and The Sword Of The Spirit, which
is The Word Of God:
18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all
saints;
Philippians
4:8,9,13 NLT
8
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your
thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and
lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and
worthy of praise.
9
Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from
me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then The God Of
Peace will be with you.
13
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
I
Thessalonians 4:3 KJV
For
this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
I
Thessalonians 5:6,2l,22 KJV
6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be
sober.
21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
(I
Peter 1:16 KJV
Because
it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.)
II
Timothy 1:7 NLT
For
God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power,
love, and self-discipline.
Hebrews
3:6 NLT
But
Christ, as The Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are
God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our
hope in Christ.
Hebrews
4:14 KJV
So
then, since we have A Great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus
The Son Of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
Hebrews
10:23 KJV
Let
us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can
be trusted to keep His promise.
I
Peter 2:11 KJV
Dearly
beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
I
Peter 3:11 NLT
Turn
away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain
it.
I
Peter 5:8,9 KJV
8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9
Whom resist steadfast in the faith..."
II Peter 1:3-11 NLT (Growing in Faith)
3
By His divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a
Godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know Him, The
One who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and
excellence.
4
And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and
precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share
His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human
desires.
5
In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s
promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral
excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,
6
and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient
endurance, and patient endurance with Godliness,
7
and Godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with
love for everyone.
8
The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will
be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9
But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind,
forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.
10
So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are
among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will
never fall away.
11
Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Revelation 3:3 KJV (Church in Sardis)
Go
back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly.
Repent and turn to Me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to
you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
Prayer:
I Corinthians 9:24-27 NLT (Apostle Paul)
24
Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person
gets the prize? So run to win!
25
All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a
prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
26
So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
27
I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it
should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself
might be disqualified.
