The teaching of control

Tradition has the Bible teaching control.  NOT self-control which is a fruit of God's spirit and must be received, not learned. 

There might be more, but these are the ones I have found.

Jesus saying, "go make disciples".   You must control yourself to do the command of God which is to make other people believe him and you must somehow control the ones you find.

Hebrews saying "not forsaking the gathering together".  This one is true, but misunderstanding that it is about your daily physical life makes this one about CONTROL also.  You must control where you go and when you have decided where to go you must not forsake it, which again, is CONTROL.

Bad association spoil useful habits.  You must CONTROL who you will associate with.  

Love does not become provoked.  You must CONTROL your feelings.

It is written; those seeing are blind and the blind see.  Is not Christ about learning and NOT control?  You believe in Christ, you can see.  But you make him about CONTROL, you can not see.  Those who can't see, who do not believe, KNOW it is not about control.

The making of disciples I have said is what GOD does.  Do you believe it?  Your job is to be a disciple which comes about by UNCONTROLLED growing.    GOD makes it grow.   1 Cor 3:7  Think of it.  What father makes his children into what HE wants?  That is not love.  God is love.

Hebrews 10:25 is about gathering together in agreement about what is wise and true.  It is not about control.

1 Cor 15:33 is about rejecting bad ideas, not about  rejecting bad people.

1 Cor 13:5 is about the QUIET and mild spirit.  It is about learning to mind your own business and not to be meddling into other people's lives because when you do they are provoked. 

So it is all about learning, and not control.