The Fruit Part 2
The Fruit of the Spirit • Sermon • Submitted
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Welcome to Maranatha Baptist Fellowship
As you have figured out by now that we are not having DRIVE In Church this morning
That is because the weather is supposed to be windy and rainy but it is also so that we can prepare for next week
With that said please ensure you are checking your emails so that you have the information we are putting out
This is still a very unique and challenging time.
This morning we will continue in our study of the Fruit of the Spirit I
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.
If you will recall from last week that the fruit is not a but of different fruits but one fruit with different parts
And as believers in Jesus Christ we are to produce that fruit, not just parts that are comfortable for us but the entire fruit
Last we asked you to begin to ask yourself and God questions and then begin to act on those answer from God
Am I producing fruit in my life
What areas of my life do I need to allow Christ to do work on
Which parts of the fruit am I producing and which am I not and why
And church sometimes those answers are difficult but they are good
Last week we spoke about Love, Joy, and Peace
We talked about how we are to produce those things in our lives but that only comes from a personal relationship with Jesus
This morning we will continue and talk about Patience, Kindness, and goodness
Patience
“Patience is waiting without complaining - Robin Meadows”
I bet all hands would go up if we asked who needs to begin to produce this fruit
Again this is not about only producing the fruit when it is convenient or comfortable or easy but throughout our lives
To be patient means that you are calm and show empathy during difficult and stressful situations
to be patient doesn’t mean that you are upset about the process taking how much time it needs to take
In Psalm and Proverbs we see that we are to wait for the Lord and to wait on the Lord
Believe you me I have been there where you think you know more than God or better than God and you think God just needs to speed up His process because if He doesn’t you will miss out on the once in a lifetime thing
Well I am here today that you need to wait on the Lord and you and I need to learn to produce patience that way during those times of waiting on the Lord we are able to see God at work
14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.
34 Wait for the Lord and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
We are to while we are waiting and being patient on the Lord to look for Him while we are waiting
Church right now is no different
I understand that you are just as antzy as I am to begin to meet again as a family of God and we will but rather than being so focused on meeting and what we are missing by not meeting
Lets focus on what God is doing
Lets focus on having Gospel conversations rather than talking about the news and the same news day in and day out all day long
Church we are to produce patience in our lives because we have a personal relationship with Jesus
Now on to kindness
Kindness
It would make sense that this is one fruit and not 9 different fruits because they build off of each other
kindness is part of loving others
you cant expect to be kind to others if you won’t love them
and you can’t expect to love others unless you are kind to them
being kind is about respecting them as a person
being kind is not about what people have earned
because some people haven’t earn you being kind to them but we are to be kind because of Christ in our lives
To be kind sometimes you have to be your own personal life on the back burner and care for them
to be kind is to be nice to others not for any reason other than because you have Jesus in your heart
32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
This is what it is to be kind to each other
to be kind you do not show any ill will towards other people even when you think they deserve it
This is a part of the fruit that we are to produce because of Christ who lives in us
This is the part of the fruit that opens the door for the Gospel of Jesus to be shared
Because when we show kindness through out our lives people see that we have something different
There is a difference between cold knocking on someones door who doesn’t know us
vs
when we knock on the door of someone who has come to the pantry
and rather than jump right into our Gospel presentation we simple ask how they are doing and that because they stopped by our pantry we wanted to check on them
whatever walls they had set up to the Gospel usually melt away with that
because church we are being kind
The next part of the fruit takes it a step further
Do you start to understand church how they all depend on each other
how all the parts work together and feed off of each other
now to Goodness
Goodness
Goodness is decent, honest, moral, honorable, virtuous, and full of integrity
Goodness is to truly seeking to help other or the good of others
Being kind is how you treat people and to being good is to seek their better
If every there was a part of the fruit more against the Spirit it would be goodness
19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
Understand church that this is only through our relationship with Christ that we are to be good
If you will recall when you were born
you were born with a sin nature
meaning that your default setting is to sin
If you go back to Galatians 5 and read before the Fruit of the Spirit you read the things of the flesh
Those things lead to death 100% of the time
They are not good
20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
But because of Christ in you, scripture says you are a new creation and you have the Spirit of God living inside you therefore you can be good
13 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
Because we have Christ living in us we are to show that be being good to others
By having integrity all the time
By not only being good but making things good
Church this only done through a personal relationship with Christ
Church this morning as we have gone through these 3 parts of the fruit I hope you have those questions written down and have been allowing the Spirit to prick you when you needed it
Understand it is not Jeremy calling you out or the church calling you out but it is the Work of the Holy Spirit calling you and me out
Right now is the time to seek the Lord through prayer and repent and run back to Jesus
Or maybe you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus
Then to be very clear and honest you cannot produce any part of the fruit
Because sin seperates you from Jesus
Yes your sin right now seperates you from life itself
But this morning you can begin a personal relationship with Jesus by accepting what He did on the cross for you
If that is you would you repeat this prayer this morning
Dear Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner
I know that my sin seperates me from you
Please forgive me of my sin
Jesus I turn from my sin and run to you
Jesus please come into my life today and be Lord of my life
Thank you for saving me Jesus
In Jesus Name
Amen
If you prayed that prayer then you are a new creation and you are eternally saved
You no longer have to be a slave to sin
Sin in your life is defeated
Would you email me so that we can connect about your new relationship with Jesus
Would you also email me if you made some other decision like rededication or church membership
Ensure that you are getting our emails about church coming up and if you are not please email me
lets pray