Fruit Of The Spirit - 1
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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Love
Love
Description of Love
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
God is Love
Love is from God
we would not know love apart from God
Love is the first evidence of the Spirit !
1 Cor 13.13 “13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
Divine Love
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God’s love for mankind
creation
no need ot create and yet here we are
incarnation
the humiliation of humanity
servanthood - longsuffering
crucifixion / redemption
Sacrifice -
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Mankind's love for God
worship
Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresent,
obedience
desire, trust, longing
Domestic Love
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Marriage
husbands - wives | wives - husbands
Parenting
Fathers \ Mothers \ Grandparents
Protection | Provision | Direction
Dedicated Love
35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
We are commanded to love the things God loves !!
We show dedication to Christ by seeking to keep His commands.
We show dedication to Christ by seeking to be dedicated to one another.
Divergent Love
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
The WORLD has no answer for this !
23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Joy
Joy
Perception of Joy
The World promises Joy
21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Sex | Money | Power
Entertainment | Distraction | Distortion
But All is fleeting
14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.
Joy and happiness are not the same things
Plan of Joy
4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
Christ Brings Joy
Christ Offers Joy
Christ Secures Joy
Christ Completes Joy
Birth - Life - Death - Resurrection - Ascension - Return - Reign
Power of Joy
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
Christ Sustains Joy
Joy in...
Sickness
Sorrow
Suffering
Job | Paul | Grandma
11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Peace
Peace
Peace in our Salvation
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Peace in our forgiveness
Peace in our following
Peace in our fellowship
Peace in our Security
33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Our minds can be free of worry
Our minds can be free of doubt
Our minds can be free of fear
Satisfaction because of peace
1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
We have a future
We have an inheritance
We have rest
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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Group Questions
Group Questions
Which of these first three fruits of the Spirit do you find most encouraging? Most elusive?
Do you agree that these fruits build off of one another of not? Explain your answer.
In your opinion what does it mean to walk by the Spirit?
The world says, “love is love” how is this a misrepresentation of the love that God describes in His word?
Is it possible to practice domestic, dedicated and divergent love apart from divine love? Explain your answer.
How does the world rob people of true joy by seeking to substitute happiness? How would you respond to a person who believes that following Jesus guarantees happiness?
Where is an area of your life that you have struggled to experience the supernatural joy that Jesus speaks of? What counsel would you give one another in these areas to grow in the experience of this joy?
Is it normal to lack these fruits from time to time? How long can one lack them and not fear a lack of salvation? How might one seek to gain or grow in these fruits?