Next we have joy. Joy is from the word “chara” in the Greek and it shares a root with “charis” or grace. A joyful person is someone who is constantly mindful and aware of the grace of God upon their lives. They delight in God and enjoy their relationship with Him because He alone is […]
Book of Galatians – Teaching #3: Counterfeit Fruit vs. Real Fruit (pt1 of 3)
We have been studying the book of Galatians over the past few weeks. Today, we are going to wrap up the fruit of the Spirit and cover Gal 6 next week and then it’s onto Ephesians, which is a fantastic book. It will be of interest to many of you who are single that Eph […]
Jonathan Edwards: Quotes from Charity and Its Fruits (Concatenation of the Graces)
True thankfulness is the exercise of love to God on occasion of his goodness to us. So there is love in a true and childlike fear of God; for a childlike fear differs from a slavish fear, for a slavish fear has no love in it. And all these three graces of love, humility, and […]
Book of Galatians – Teaching #2: How Fruit Works (pt3 of 3)
5) Fruit bearing is gradual, it’s mysterious, it’s internal, it’s symmetric and it’s inevitable. What does a fruit bearing life look like? Just like there are no two identical oranges from the same orange tree, fruit that is born in each believer’s life is unique. If you have an orange tree, you should get 2 […]
Book of Galatians – Teaching #2: How Fruit Works (pt2 of 3)
1) Fruit bearing is gradual. Paul, why does he use the word “fruit”? Why not say traits? He’s using an analogy of botanical growth and it speaks to the rate of growth. Bearing fruit is as gradual as the growth rate of a blade of grass. Can you see a blade of grass growing while […]
Book of Galatians – Teaching #2: How Fruit Works (pt1 of 3)
We are continuing our study through the book of Galatians, and specifically, we are taking a closer look at the fruit of the Spirit. Gal 5 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 gentleness and self-control. Fruit of the Spirit. Last week, we talked more about […]