09/05/2020
Hello there!
How are you doing?
I trust you are doing just fine.
It is important that, you and I continue to trust in the assurance in God's promises.
In today's post, we will continue from where we stopped last time, our topic of discussion is "Holy Spirit".
Our anchor scripture is;
John 16:7
However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].
[AMP]
Since last month, we've been discussing on the reasons behind the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, as believers. With the help oc God, we have so far been doing just that.
Last week, our discussion was based on the gifts of the Spirit, a.k.a manifestations of the Spirit, today's discussion will be based on the fruits of the Spirit, which some people call, the characters of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. [Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV]
As revealed above, the fruits of the Spirit are;
- love,
- peace,
- longsuffering,
- kindness,
- goodness,
- faithfulness,
- gentleness,
- self-control...
These fruits of the Spirit, are the standards life style for believers. They are the highlights of Jesus' life on earth.
Unlike the gifts of the Spirit, these fruits are all made available for all believers, at salvation. The Holy Spirit makes them available to our spirit man, in other to differentiate us from unbelievers and shine as the light, God has made to be, in this world filled with darkness.
These friuts are very important in the life of every believer, without them, we won't be any different from the unbelievers.
The Bible in 1 Corinthians 13:13 says; "And so faith, hope, love abide [faith - conviction and belief respecting man 's relation to God and divine things; hope - joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love - true affection for God and man, growing out of God 's love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love. [AMP]"
Love, which is among the fruits of the Spirit is the most important of all virtue in this faith of ours, and it will be the only virtue that will outrun time and this world we live in.
A lot of people outside the faith - unbelievers - do make a claim of these fruits especially love and peace, it is pertinent for me to let you know that, whatever unbelievers describe as love and peace is not what we have in Christ Jesus - not at all.
Jesus says; "...the peace I give you, is not like of the world".
I hope, today's discussion is clear to you, incase you have comments or questions, please, drop your comments and questions in the comment section below 👇👇👇
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