Last in the thirteen week series (as a few in the series require more than one week). This one is about the fruit of the Spirit & what it means to follow the Spirit's lead.
Last in the thirteen week series (as a few in the series require more than one week). This one is about the fruit of the Spirit & what it means to follow the Spirit's lead.
Last in the thirteen week series (as a few in the series require more than one week). This one is about the fruit of the Spirit & what it means to follow the Spirit's lead.
Last in the thirteen week series (as a few in the series require more than one week). This one is about the fruit of the Spirit & what it means to follow the Spirit's lead.
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The Fruit of the Spirit: Let the Spirit Lead
“Walk by the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16). “Walk by faith, not
by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). When you live your life in the physical body based upon the things of heaven that you cannot see, you are seeking spirituality.
Through the Spirit (Gal 5:4-5)
Phil 2:13 Clash of wills: My will = works of the flesh; His will (He works through me) = fruit… Galatians 5:16, 18 & Romans 8:2 (c)istockphoto.com Results of Yielding to the Spirit’s Lead: Fruit (Gal 5:22ff) Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a) Unselfish & Impartial – Lk 6:27-31 Obedient -1 Jn 2:3-5 Godly - 1 Jn 2:15-17 Joy (Word used 60 times in the ESV NT) "'Sisters,' she began, 'let me tell you what is happening, and who it is that we must fight. For there is a war coming. I don't know who will join with us, but I know whom we must fight. It is the Magisterium, the church. For all its history … it's tried to suppress and control every natural impulse. And when it can't control them, it cuts them out… That is what the church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the church is on one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to.'" – Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife, p.52. John 15:11 Peace (Three levels of spiritual peace) Patience Kindness (“chrestotes” - moral excellence in demeanor) Goodness (“agathosune” – moral excellence in deed – virtue) Faithfulness (Lit. “faith”) Gentleness (1 Thessalonians 2:7; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 4:1-2; 1 Timothy 6:11; 1 Peter 3:15-16) Self-control (Paul ends the list with a real clincher)
Being Led by the Spirit Means… (5:24-26)
(V. 24) It means you are a disciple of Christ and are spiritual. (V. 25) It means you walk the walk. (V. 26) Christians are the handiwork of God. He gets the glory… blesses me, church, society.