"We get a taste of what is involved from Matthew 5:29: 'If your right eye causes you to sin tear it out and throw it away.' This is the fierceness of self-control. This is what is behind the words of Jesus in Matthew 11:12: 'The kingdom of heaven has suffered violence and the violent take it by force.' Are you laying hold on the kingdom fiercely? Paul says that Christians exercise self-control like the Greek athletes only our goal is eternal not temporal. 'Every athlete [agonizomenos]…
!["We get a taste of what is involved from Matthew 5:29: 'If your right eye causes you to sin tear it out and throw it away.' This is the fierceness of self-control. This is what is behind the words of Jesus in Matthew 11:12: 'The kingdom of heaven has suffered violence and the violent take it by force.' Are you laying hold on the kingdom fiercely? Paul says that Christians exercise self-control like the Greek athletes only our goal is eternal not temporal. 'Every athlete [agonizomenos]…](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/e6/2a/b5/e62ab520c9967c507677f0e57f78764e.jpg)