Paul said ''... i put my body under subjection'' - 1 Cor 9:27. In Gen 20, Abraham afraid that the people of the land had no fear of God, told Abimelech that Sarah was his sister because her beauty might cause the king to slay him for her sake. The king hearing that she was his sister took Sarah and would have slept with her but for divine intervention. God made him impotent and disciplined him, would have killed him if he persisted. This is applied discipline enforced by God to hold us back from sin. God can afflict us for a season but like Paul we should cooperate with the Holy spirit in us to discipline our body when they try to lead us to sin.
Subjection (according to 1 Cor 9:27) is to the word of God and the spirit of God, this is self discipline. God will rather have us exercise self disciple through the help of the indwelling spirit that inflict discipline on us. Jesus said we should cut off any body member that causes us to sin, not with the use of knife but through self discipline we should treat such member as though they were not alive.
Questions
1. Have you experienced any form of applied discipline?
2. How can i keep my body under subjection?
3. Why did paul in 1Cor 9:27 keep his body under subjection?
Prayer
Father, thank you for the Holyspirit given to help me rule over my emotions and body, for by him you work in me both to will and to do of your good pleasure. Help to always be submissive to His leading, so that I be not cast away at the last day. Thank you Lord for answer in Jesus name. Amen
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