As to "self control",
I may not be understanding what you have written, but, isn't self control, yielding our members to the Spirit, and not to the nature of the flesh?
Aren't WE told to take up "OUR cross" and follow Him, which lies completely in OUR obedience to OUR known will of God...
Paul said:
Gal 5:
19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar, about which I tell...
You cannot separate faith from the works which it produces. In Rev 19:7-8, it is the fine linen of the bride of Christ- the righteous deeds of the saints.
It is the "wedding garment" mentioned in Matt 22.
Those who are in Christ will have the fruit of the Spirit producing His works in and...