FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

LOVE, and all of the workings that it entails, is produced in our hearts ONLY BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

JOY, and all of its activities, comes ONLY BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

PEACE, (producing peace) can only be achieved BY GOD'S SPIRIT.

The same is true of all GOOD which comes through a person who has made his peace with God through Jesus Christ.

UNITY AMONG THE BRETHREN CAN NEVER COME ABOUT BY ANY OTHER MEANS THAN TO HAVE THE SPIRIT OF UNITY IN OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARTS. Legislation and resolutions simply cannot cut it.

While it is true that God loves ALL OF HIS CHILDREN, it stands to reason that a person who is producing fruit in his life is of more VALUE to God than one who is not.

What I am saying is: that if my life is full of the good works of the Spirit, or of Faith, I am maturing in God more than I would if I had not progressed in the WAYS OF THE LORD.

James tells us that good works are a natural result of having been born of God through Faith. Faith without works is dead. In other words, Faith alone will not fully please God. It calls for further steps of obedience to God-- Making Him Lord-- doing His bidding with our whole heart.

WORKS OF FAITH become a visible manifestation of the invisible Faith we have in God. This is the way Abraham pleased God--obeying when God spoke to him. His OBEDIENCE was VISIBLE EVIDENCE of his faith in God.

OURS WILL BE, ALSO.