Church 2/12/2022
Offertory scripture:
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Stay focused. Keep your eyes on Jesus.
Sermon message
Thesis: Needed: the fruit of the Spirit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 - https://www.biblegateway.com/
But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
Galatians 5:22-23 - https://www.biblegateway.com/
The fruit of the Spirit is the character of Almighty God. Therefore we need more of the character of Almighty God.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/
What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions; in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups; they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/
Point #1: the fruit of the Spirit is the character of God
Point #2: If you are a believer God has placed His Spirit in you
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:19 - https://www.biblegateway.com/
When you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you receive God’s Holy Spirit in you. And you receive it immediately once you receive Jesus. Also you are in the family of God immediately.
Point #3: God has placed His character in you
God’s character showing fruit in you takes time. This is what’s not automatic.
You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
Believers should be recognized by the fruit of the Holy Spirit that shows up in them.
Jesus has given us a new commandment: to love each other as He has loved us.
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Point #4: you can grow the fruit of the Spirit in your life
What can we do to make this happen? First, decide to do it. Decide to let God’s character to grow in you. Consider Noah or Mary the mother of Jesus. They had to decide to say yes to what God wanted them to do.
Consider Joshua:
And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord .”
For with God nothing will be impossible.”
Ask God for help with growing the fruit of the Spirit and He will bless you.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Point #5: This week let’s decide to grow love
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 - https://www.biblegateway.com/
Note: Love is listed first. If we get this one right we will display the other fruits of the Spirit as well.
The fruit of the Spirit is more important than the gifts of the Spirit because, while important, it’s more important to be right with God and to have right character.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 - https://www.biblegateway.com/
Look at these scriptures about love.
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