The Spirit of God gives us power, love and self-discipline

The Spirit of God gives us power, love and self-discipline

2 Tim 1:7

⁷ For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Jer 42:11

¹¹ Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands. ¹² I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.’

Rom 8:15

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. ¹⁵ The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,^[g] Father.”16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

1 Cor 16:13

¹³ Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. ¹⁴ Do everything in love.

1 Tim 4:12

¹² Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

Heb 2:15

¹⁴ Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—¹⁵ and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     The Spirit of God gives us power, love and self-discipline

2)     Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands. ¹² I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.

3)     For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,^[g] Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

4)     Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. ¹⁴ Do everything in love.

5)     Jesus shared in our humanity so that by His death He might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.