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Intro:
Galatians 5:22-23
NKJV22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no law.
NKJV22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no law.
We are in a series on the Fruit of the Spirit entitled, [Flesh or Fruit].
The subject of today’s message is [Gentleness and Self-Control].
I enjoy reading and watching shows about history.
I have shared that a few times in various messages.
But there is a type of history that didn’t really happen, it is called, alternative history.
The premise is what would have happened if a historical event had not happened.
What is Lincoln wasn’t shot?
What if the Axis powers won WWII?
What is JFK survived the attack?
I am sure some of you know this, but I am a thinker.
I am of the opinion that life is not a series of unrelated events.
Instead, everything is connected.
What we do today effects what will happen tomorrow.
With this in mind, I have spent time running various scenarios in my head.
What would have happened if I said or did this?
What if I had not been at this specific place at this specific time?
There is no way to know the answer to these questions, but I enjoy reading an author’s interpretation and imagination of the supposed events.
I spend time running various scenarios in my head.
I ask myself questions, what would have happened if I said or did this?
What if I had not been at this specific place at this specific time.
Trust me, it can get a little intense and perhaps annoying, just ask Bekah!
I read a story that goes along these lines this week:
I read a story that goes along these lines this week:
Not long ago, there was a CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
He and his wife stopped at a gas station.
As he filled the car, he noticed his wife in a deep conversation with the service station attendant.
It turned out they knew each other.
In fact, they dated when they were in high school before she met her eventual husband.
The CEO got back in the car and the two drove in silence.
He was feeling pretty good about himself when he finally spoke, “I bet I know what you’re thinking.
I bet you’re thinking, I am glad you married me, a Fortune 500 CEO, and not him, a service station attendant.”
The wife replied, “No, I was thinking if I’d married him, HE would be a Fortune 500 CEO and YOU would be a service station attendant!”
Through the path of life we can trace back pivotal moments.
We can see I have this today because I did that today.
As I reflected our study of the Fruit of the Spirit, I had a thought I believe came from God.
If we will sincerely ask God to help implement these fruits in our lives, one day we will look back and think, that was the time my life changed for the better.
I wasn’t the most loving, joyful, peaceable, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, or disciplined Christian.
But I asked Jesus for His help because I realized if I want to inherit the Kingdom of God I cannot walk in the flesh, but I have to display the fruit.
Because the fact is, the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write about the Fruit of the Spirit.
These attributes of Christian living are not optional.
If we want to fulfill God’s plan for our lives we HAVE to ask the Holy Spirit to help us.
Furthermore I have noticed, not only are other people happy when I display the fruit, I am a little more happy.
Life is much better when we are:
It is easier to be l
loving and not hateful
joyful and not disgruntled
peaceful and not in turmoil
kind and not rude
good and not bad
faithful and not inconsistent
gentle and not brash
self-controlled and not unihibited
How then can we make our lives and the lives of those around us better?
We must depend on God to make His fruit abundantly clear in and through us.
When we determine to seek God on depend on His help, He will make us who He wants us to become!
But a consistent relationship with Jesus is imperative.
Without Him we will walk in the flesh, creating problems everywhere we go, but with Him we can do all things!
As one poet expressed:
Two natures beat within my chest;
The one is foul; the one is blessed.
The one I love; the one I hate.
The one I feed will dominate.
When we have a renewed hunger for God’s presence, word, and power in our lives, He will cultivate within us the Fruit of the Spirit.
Today, I want to conclude this series and look at the final two: gentleness and self-control as they often work together.
Gentleness is the power to control our reactions to different people and situations, humble, considerate, and submissive to God.
Self-control is restraint over sinful desires.
To see these two fruit play out in the life of Jesus, I want to go to and look at two stories: Jesus’ arrest and Jesus’ trial.
I have two points: [The Gentleness of Jesus] and [The Self-Control of Jesus].
Let’s begin
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The Gentleness of Jesus
During the Last Supper with the disciples, Jesus identified Judas would betray Him.
Judas left and went to the Jewish officials.
They agreed on the price of thirty pieces of silver, now Judas had to deliver.
Jesus finished dinner and went with the disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane.
Under great stress, He submitted to the will of the Father, and no sooner than that He and the disciples see the lights of the torches of those coming to arrest Him.
Judas was not alone, he brought 600 soldiers along.
They had clubs and swords in their hands.
Judas told the religious leaders he would kiss the one who was guilty of the supposed crime.
Jesus knew Judas’s plans.
He walked up to Him and kissed him.
First, before we go any farther, can we see Jesus’s gentleness?
Most people would have decked Judas, he literally sealed Jesus death with a kiss.
Instead, Jesus was humble and controlled his reactions.
Surrounding him are 600 troops, officers, and Pharisees.
Jesus asked them a simple question, whom are you seeking?
They wanted to see Jesus of Nazareth.
Humbly, quietly, and gently He answered, I AM HE.
By that point Judas moves backward and joins the crowd who wants to arrest Jesus.
Notice verse six, when Jesus answered them with those three words, I AM HE, they fell to the ground.
Why did they do this?
Jesus did not have to get loud to show His authority.
There are many people who get angry, raise their voice, and make a scene trying to get people’s attention.
But Jesus had the Fruit of the Spirit.
He was gentle.
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