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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

(Pastor Mitch Boese)

November 19, 2023

Main Scripture: Galatians 5:13-26

Additional Scriptures: Titus 3:4-7, 2 Timothy 2:13, Matthew 11:29

POINTS:

• The Fruit isn’t from you and isn’t you - but it is for you.

• Jesus is gracious to grant us His fruit to be in us - if we “crucify” our sinful nature and allow the Spirit to reign in us.

• We cannot inherit the Kingdom of God if we live by the flesh.

• Love: The power that moves us to respond to another’s needs without expectation of reward.

• Joy: An inward hope and exuberance despite outward circumstances.

• Peace: Both a supernatural calm amid chaos and the ability to bring harmony to divided factions.

• Patience: The quiet willingness to accept irritating or painful situations. (It doesn’t mean waiting but how we respond to the waiting.)

• Kindness: Generosity and consideration toward others.

• Goodness: Moral excellence

• Faithfulness: Enduring loyalty and trustworthiness.

• Gentleness: The power to control your reactions to difficult people and situations, it should not be confused with weakness.

• Self-control: The ability to restrain inappropriate passions and appetites.

• Dr. David Jeremiah

• Upward = Love, Joy, & Peace

• Outward = Patience, Kindness, & Goodness

• Inward = Faithfulness, Gentleness, & Self-Control