Peter (2 Peter 1:5-7) starts his "list" with "faith!" Not Paul, not here. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, FAITH, meekness and temperance," says our Apostle in Galatians 5:22-23. Why the … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, GOODNESS
Today's "fruit" sounds nearly generic. "Goodness," wrote the Apostle Paul, is one of the Traits of Almighty God! Here is the list as it has developed so far: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, (and now … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, GENTLENESS
The indwelling Holy Spirit (a condition true only of genuine Christians) seeks to produce in us the grace (spiritual trait) of "gentleness." As in: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, GENTLENESS, goodness, faith …" … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, LONGSUFFERING
Good Monday morning! Let's continue our study of what Paul calls "the fruit of the Spirit." Now today we add to the list "longsuffering." Of course (as I just said) we're merely following Paul the Apostle, master list-builder! "But the … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, PEACE
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, PEACE …" Galatians 5:22, where "peace" the last member of the first triad of these marvelous graces! (Three "sets" of threes! Do you remember the recent Lesson on the "order" of this list?) And what a … [Continue reading]
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