Pleasant Run Primitive Baptist Church
Est. 1805. This building erected 1873.
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Pleasant Run Primitive Baptist Church Est. 1805. This building erected 1873. |
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VII. FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT A) The fruit of the Spirit is that which is naturally produced to the Christian connected to Christ or through which the Holy Spirit flows even as fruit is produced on the vine if the branch has the life flow of the vine through it. John 15:4-5 B) Fruit is present always if the life of the Spirit is present. Gal. 5:22 C) Love The first fruit is Love. Romans 5:5 1) God is love and He loves us. Jeremiah 31:3 and John 3:16 2) Nothing can separate us from that love. Romans 8:37-38 3) He was sent to believers by Christ after His ascension. John 16:7; 1 Peter 1:12; and Gal. 4:6 4) We are to love also- Love God; Matthew 22:37-40 5) Love God's children. Acts 4:32; Romans 12:9-10, 13:8; 1 Peter 1:22, 3:8; 1 John 2:10. 3:10, 11, 14, 23, and 24 6) If we are of God then we have a nature consistent with God's Love. Leviticus 19:9-18; 1 John 4: 7-21; and 1 Cor. 13:1-7 D) Joy Joy is different from happiness in that it is not dependent upon circumstances but upon our relationship to and salvation in Christ. 1 John 1:3-5 1) Our strength is in joy. Nehemiah 8:10 2) Christ had great joy going to the cross because He knew the result of His sacrifice. Hebrews 12:2 3) We have joy in our trials. 1 Peter 4:12-13 4) J-O-Y = Jesus- Others- You If we have our priorities thus we will have joy. It is impossible to separate joy from love and it is impossible to have joy without love. Grace and joy are from the same Greek word. 5) We believe that we as followers of Christ should have joy... in temptation. James 1:2 6) ...in prison Phil. 1:18 7) ...others growth in grace. Phil. 2:2 8) ...all conditions. Phil. 4:4 and 1 Thess. 5:16 9) Such Joy has its origins in God and “in” or “of” the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17 and 15:13 A) Peace Peace is not necessarily the absence of conflict or perfect harmony. But, peace is total well-being, soundness or accord with God and thus with self. God is the source of this peace. Luke 19:42 and Romans 1:7 1) There is no peace until we are one with God. Isaiah 57:19-21; Romans 5:1, Romans 14:17 and Psalm 85:8 2) Peace with God brings peace with ourselves knowing that God will work through our circumstances. Phil. 4:7 and Isaiah 48:18 3) Confusion and anxiety are not of God. James 3:16, 18; Isaiah 52:7; and Acts 10:36, 43 4) God has promised to those that believe on Him the fruit of peace. Isaiah 26:3 5) Peace with God and ourselves leads to peaceful relationships. 1 Thess.5:12-14; Ephesians 4:3; and Colossians 3:15 6) We are told that we must seek peace. Romans 12:18; 1 Peter 3:11; and 2 Tim. 2:22 B) Long Suffering / Patient The definition of longsuffering is the calm toleration of delay, perseverance, endurance, and the ability to wait on the Lord for His leading or timing. The Lord is patient and is patient as He works. 1 Tim. 1:16; 2 Peter 3:8-9,15; and 1 Peter 3:20 1) We, too, are to be patient in difficulty. 2 Cor. 6:3-10 2) We are to be patient in the world (holding fast to the promises of the Lord). Luke 8:15 3) We are to be patient throughout life that we might inherit His promises. 1 Tim. 6:11-14; Rev. 14:12; Hebrews 6:12; and Hebrews 10:36-37 C) Gentleness / Kindness Gentleness is refined, polite, generous, mild, moderate, and kind. 1 Cor. 13:4 1) God is kind. Matthew 11:29-30; Isaiah 42:3, 40:11; and Psalm 18:35-36 2) We are to be gentle. 2 Tim. 2:24; Titus 3:2; and James 3:17 D) Goodness This is the most exclusive attribute of God. Matthew 19:17, Genesis 1:31, 32:12; and Psalm 31:19, 23:6 1) We are to be good. 1 Tim. 3:7 2) We are to do good. Luke 6:35-36; 2 Cor. 9:8; and Hebrews 10:24 A) Faith / Faithfulness Faith is a living word spoken by the Lord to our Spirits and believed. Matthew 8:7-10 and Romans 10:17 1) Faith is believing (not hoping) before seeing. [Faith = trust = confidence = belief ] Heb. 11:1,6; and 2 Cor. 5:7 2) Faith is given to us by God. Romans 12:3 3) But, faith is to be nurtured by us. 1 John 5:4-5 and 2 Thess. 1:3 4) We are to live by faith and to share our faith. Romans 1:12 and 17 5) God is a "Faith" God. He responds to our faith. God does not need faith because He knows He has won the victory and is preparing a place for us. 6) We are to love also- Love God; Matthew 22:37-40 7) Through faith we...can be kept from danger. Daniel 6: 10-24 8) If we are of God then we have a nature consistent with God's Love. Leviticus 19:9-18; 1 John 4: 7-21; and 1 Cor. 13:1-7 9) ...can remove mountains of difficulties. Matthew 17:20 10) ...can walk on water. Matthew 14:28-29 11) ...can put under our feet those things that threaten to go over our heads. 12) ...can receive God's blessing. Matthew 21:22 and James 1:5-6, 5:15 13) Faith is a gift. 1 Cor. 12:9 and Eph. 2:8 14) As we abide in Christ and grow we become more faithful. Galatians 5:22 15) Faithfulness is loyalty or consistency to belief or trust. God is faithful. Psalm 89:8, 2, 3, 24,33 16) We can depend on His promises. 1 Cor. 1:9 17) He will keep us even when we are tempted. 1 Cor. 10:13 and 1 Thess. 5:24 18) God will guard us from evil. 2 Thess. 3:3 19) He is faithful to cleanse us from all sin. 1 John 1:9 20) We cannot be obedient to God without faithfulness in our actions. Ps. 119:30 21) To be ready for His coming, we must be faithful in our preparations. Mt. 25:1 22) It is a fact, we must be faithful in little things before He gives us more. Matthew 24:45-51 A) Self Control / Temperance Self-control is control of one's emotions and desires. self-restraint in conduct, expressions, or appetites. It is moderation. The opposite of self-control is an undisciplined spirit. Proverbs 25:28 1) Christ was tempted to use the power of God to satisfy His own physical needs. This is considered a lesser good. 1 Cor. 9:24-25; Matthew 4:3-4 2) Christ was tempted to talk back when false accusations were being hurled at Him. Matthew 27:14 3) Christ was able to resist the temptation to do "His own thing". We are to be temperate. 2 Peter 1:6; Titus 1:8; and 2:2 B) Meekness The meek are promised the earth. Matthew 5:5 and Psalm 37:11 1) God has promised to guide and teach the meek. Psalm 25:9 2) This Fruit of the Spirit is a very highly prized characteristic by God. 1 Peter 3:4 3) The Bible gives only two examples of persons that are meek. The first one is Moses. Even though Moses killed a man, was a learned scholar, set up the Jewish legal system, was a strong leader that formed a nation out of slaves and was capable of strong emotions, God says that he was meek. Meekness in the Bible refers to the relationship to God. Moses was awed by God's presence and he felt unworthy to fulfill God's call for him. He talked face to face with God. Meekness is how we act or react to God's guidance of our lives and our response to His Word. Numbers 12:3 4) The second example of meekness is Christ. Matthew 11:29 and 21:5 5) We, too, are to grow in meekness. Col. 3:12; James 1:21; and 1 Tim. 6:11 6) We believe that together the Fruit of the Spirit defines what Christians are to exemplify in their daily walk with the Lord. We believe that these are the characteristics that identify those that are truly Christians and those that have not yet found their place in God. These, more than signs or wonders, are the mark of a born again Christian. |
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