Sermon Tone Analysis

REMEMBER - CHURCH WINTER PICNIC 3:30PM

Everyday Holy Spirit - last week

3 testimomies of Ist time Holy Spirit encounters

Attacks on the Church

Endurance - longevity

The proof is the Church enduring through the ages

Oh to be that kind of Chrisitian!

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING- The proof is in the pudding is an alteration of the older expression the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The earliest records of the original expression come from the beginning of the 1600s.

The shortened version has been in common use since at least the beginning of the 1900s.

The word proof is used in the sense of a test of something—such as a test of quality, worth, truth, etc.

However, it is now often interpreted as meaning the same thing as evidence.

The word pudding refers not to the creamy dessert but rather is used in a sense that’s more common in the U.K. and other places—a type of savory dish involving a sausage-like mass of seasoned minced meat, oatmeal, etc., stuffed into a prepared skin or bag and boiled.

The phrase the proof of the pudding is in the eating originated as a reference to the fact that it was difficult to judge if the pudding was properly cooked until it was actually being eaten.

In other words, the test of whether it’s done is taking a bite.

Cold pie competition

The reality hits you pretty straight away

What do people taste from you when they take a bite?

What is our attitude when we serve God?

Is this our attitude — endurance through suffering — or do we shy away from hardship and discomfort?

How do you respond when things get difficult when you serve?

How do you respond to rejection or awkwardness?

How do you respond when people get difficult?

1. Live in Such a way!

Do you know you get a choice in this?

What the world needs to see, tast & experience is the everyday christian in partnership with Holy Spirit everyday

Verse 4 - IIN EVERYTHING WE DO - Holy Spirit is available for your everday

Verse 6 - We PROVE ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love.

We PROVE ourselves by the indwelling residence of Holy Spirit & His fruit in our lives

It is His fruit in our lives that prove our ministry - HIS FRUIT

Not FRUITS but FRUIT - 9 qualities of Holy Spirit that demonstrate we have Holy Spirit living in us

2. The Fruit of the SPIRIT

The bible speaks a lot about fruit:

God expects us to bear good fruit - John 15:8

You can identify a tree by its fruit - Matthew 7:15-20

Jesus cursed the Fig tree - Mark 11

Where you are planted matters

God is the gardener of our life

It is by the Holy Spirit we prove to the world who Jesus is - by the full of life, fruit producing beauty of Holy Spirit.