Everything is permissible for me – but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me – but I will not be mastered by anything (1 Corinthians 6:12).
Paul is saying to the church at Corinth that we are not free to break the law, but we are free to not sin under the law, or be condemned by it. We are free from the law (Romans 8:2), but that doesn’t allow our desires to run rampant. This message to the Corinthians is a warning to be aware of anything that may control us.
Self-control secures our freedom to love, to experience joy, to know peace, to respond with patience, to have a kind disposition, to act out goodness, to step in faithfulness, to agree with gentleness. Self-control is the ability to make choices which invite and enhance the authority and filling by the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). It is a decision to remain within the boundaries of victory.
The Spirit of God lives in us (1 Corinthians 6:19), and self-control is our wall of protection for Him to work. Therefore self-control is like a wall of protection surrounding us, dramatically reducing our vulnerability to the enemy.
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