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]
GALATIANS … THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, JOY
Years ago I heard a wise Preacher say, "Joy (here in our "fruit of the Spirit" list) is merely love (agape) smiling, rejoicing! In other words, the one leads to the other! Would there ever be any joy … without love? Paul preached it, more than … [Continue reading]
GALATIANS … THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, LOVE
The Greek word is "agape."` Its English equivalent, "love!" In the King James Version it is translated "charity" 27 times as well. ("Love" is its KJV rendering a total of 86 times, though.) And this concept (this noun) heads Paul's list of … [Continue reading]
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