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Introduction
We have finally arrived at the last verse of chapter 3 which is verse 18.
Last week, we finished up verse 17.
And, tonight, we end the chapter.
When we come back from our Easter break, we will do an overview of this second paragraph and then the following Sunday evening we do a complete review of the entire chapter.
So, let’s get right to it by reading the entire paragraph.
Our verse is, as we already know, verse 18.
GRAMMAR STUDY
Okay, so let’s break this verse down grammatical before we get to spiritual application.
There are two verbs in this short verse.
They are verbs “is sown” and “of them that make.”
Both are very easy to understand.
There is nothing different about how these words are used in both English and Greek.
The verb “is sown” simply means to sow seed.
Sowing seed always has the intent of reaping a harvest.
The other verb is “of them that make” which plainly means to do or make something.
As for nouns, there are three nouns.
They are “fruit,” “righteousness,” and “peace.”
The word “peace” is used twice.
“Fruit” is that which is produced by the inherent energy of a living organism.
It seems I have used this illustration much lately but it continues to apply.
Apple trees are fundamentally apple bearing trees.
Thus, their inherent energy is used to produce apples.
Metaphorically, in Scripture, it is the visible expression of power working inwardly and invisibly, the character of the fruit being evidence of the character of the power producing it.
Fruit is always the by product of some intrinsic power from within.
We will talk further about this when we get to the spiritual application.
“Righteousness” is the character or quality of being right or just.
Here is an interesting fact.
In the English, this word was originally translated “rightwiseness.”
Perhaps it should have never changed because it adequately relates the meaning of this word.
Again, we will explore this word in more detail during our spiritual application.
The third noun is “peace.”
We have given the definition of this word in our study of verse 17. “Peace” is what comes or results from a harmonious relationship.
Some have further defined it as a state of well-being and concord.
There are no adverbs or adjectives contained in this verse.
Additionally, there is only one conjunction which begins the verse.
It is the word “AND.”
Now, looking at this verse further we can determine our subject.
We can do this with a little rearrangement of words.
For example, this verse starts with “the fruit of righteousness.”
We can also say without changing the meaning “righteous fruit.”
Thus, “righteous fruit” is our subject.
Where then is “righteous fruit” sown?
It is sown “in peace of them that make peace.”
In other words, righteous fruit is an inherent product of those who make peace because they themselves have experienced peace.
Okay, before we go any further, let’s get to our spiritual application of this verse.
SPIRITUAL APPLICATION
What is the Holy Spirit talking about in verse 18?
He is talking about “righteous fruit.”
What is the Holy Spirit saying about “righteous fruit?”
That is a great question and we will spend the rest of our time answering it.
Let’s begin with our subject.
UNDERSTANDING RIGHTEOUS FRUIT
Remember we can also say “righteous fruit.”
The prepositional phrase here is used as an adjective modifying the word fruit.
It tells us what kind of fruit.
It is “fruit of righteousness” or “righteous fruit.”
A deeper study of “righteousness” in Scripture reveals it is an attribute of God.
Essentially, in the context of this verse, God’s righteousness means He is faithfully true.
Everything He says and does is consistent with His nature as well as His promises.
He is completely right and just, thus, He is righteous.
These verses speak to how God demonstrated His righteousness to men.
He did so through Christ’s death.
In doing so, God exhibited before me that He was neither indifferent to sin nor did He regard it lightly.
On the contrary, all that He did by allowing His Son to die for us demonstrates the quality of holiness in Him.
A quality of holiness and righteousness that must find expression in His condemnation of sin.
Thus, as a righteous and just God, He not only condemned sin, but also made a way for our remission of sins.
He is truly a righteous God.
Outside of God, no other being is inherently righteous.
We, as sinful humans, are born inherently sinful.
As we go back to our text, we find the Holy Spirit talking about “righteous fruit.”
Fruit, as we know, is the product of inherent energy.
It is often used metaphorically by God to denote visible expressions of power working inwardly and invisibly.
The fruit of sinful men is sinful deeds.
Men are inherently sinful thus they sin.
This point is the essence of Romans 3. Thus, men cannot produce righteous fruit until they are made righteous.
The only person Who can make a person righteous is the God of righteousness.
The avenue of righteousness is the Lord Jesus Christ.
He became a propitiation for us as we discovered in this morning’s message.
In other words, God Himself took it upon Himself to do what was necessary for remission of man’s sin.
God did it all.
We did nothing.
That is why is we talk so much about God’s grace.
Furthermore, when a person accepts by faith all that Christ did for them, they are given the Holy Spirit.
Now, because of God’s wonderful salvation, our spiritual resurrection, and the power of God’s Spirit residing in us, we can produce spiritual fruit.
Fruit such as mentioned in:
Take note to the fact that peace is one of the fruits listed here.
Now, go back to our verse.
UNDERSTANDING THE INHERENT POWER to PRODUCE “RIGHTEOUS FRUIT.”
Now that we understand “righteous fruit” we can proceed further with our study.
Note now that “righteous fruit is sown.”
In other words, it is planted.
Again, we go back to the fact that each of us is born inherently sinful.
Remember the words of Romans 3:10 and Romans 3:23.
Thus, in and of ourselves, we cannot produce anything that remotely close to righteousness.
However, we know that when we accept Christ as our personal Savior, He changes us.
Now, this spiritual transformation results in our ability to produce “righteous fruit.”
We now have within us the power to live “righteously” each day.
It was something we did not possess before salvation.
But, praise God, now we can.
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