Lastly, Mr. Choleric is an opti mist. He doesn’t see problems, but goes after the solutions with a posi tive zeal. He can inspire other peo ple to work through his enthusiasm. He has an indefatigable concept that things will all work out. This kind of person makes great contributions to society. They’re productive in whatever field they may enter. If you happen to be a choleric- dominated man or woman, remember the weaknesses which are also ap parent. Just as every human being has strengths, he also has weak nesses. That’s why it’s so thrilling to see a person come to know Jesus Christ. He is thereby strengthened in the areas of his weakness. We all have besetting sins. It’s very dan gerous to judge another Christian in anything that’s not covered in the Word of God. It’s easy for me to have victory over certain sins be cause of my temperament. But I have my own areas of weakness as does every human being. Mr. Sanguine has besetting sins of sensuality, ly ing and deceit. Mr. Choleric can be an angry, hot-tempered individual, knowing bitterness and discontent ment. Another weakness of the chol eric temperament is that he’s prone to be cruel and even ruthless. Get in his way and he’ll run right over you. To him, things, not people, count. Such a person may lack a real love and concern, and often have a cruel tongue. No one can slash an other verbally like a choleric. It’s difficult for him to apologize, or more important, to go to the Lord con fessing his sinfulness. Mr. Choleric will often be prone to impetuosity. He leaps into things through his self-sufficiency. I’ve of ten said that if a choleric-tempera ment person isn’t led to Jesus Christ by the time he’s 12, he may never make this decision. The affairs of life become too complex. If this is your nature, may I earnestly sug gest that you immediately turn your
life over to the Saviour completely? Let Him rule and reign in your heart! C hapter T wo S o predictable is the power of the Spirit of God that we can expect Him to work a real miracle in the life of each person who comes to Jesus Christ by faith. While the in dividual may not be as different as we would like to see, yet the conver sion will be evident if it is genuine. God wants to make us new creatures so that we can be of use in the plan and purpose He has ordained. Each of us needs to be conformed to the image of His Son. In our natural makeup there are certain things, such as our tempera ment, which can be very useful to the Lord when channeled in His will. But make no mistake, that basic temperament needs to be changed. Our strengths must be directed by the Holy Spirit. Weaknesses can be modified and overcome. I believe that the Apostle Paul is a good example of the choleric tem perament. There is a strong tenden cy to be self-sufficient, impetuous, and hot-tempered. That can cause a lot of difficulties. Such a person needs to overcome his weaknesses by the Spirit of God or else he will be enslaved forever by the habit pat tern. Mr. Choleric, when he’s con verted, has a tendency to enjoy working for God. His problem is working under the controlling influ ence of the Spirit. He would rather “run the show.” What happens to him though when the Holy Spirit is doing the directing? He becomes a consistent, gracious, understanding, even compassionate individual. What a miraculous change can be wrought if only he’ll be willing! This isn’t a complex thing although it’s often a long procedure to see it fully con summated. The Bible exhorts us to “walk in the Spirit.” We are com manded to be “filled with the Spir i t
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