For taking your time to study remain blessed.
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
FRIDAY APRIL 21
Text: Galatians 5: 22-26
Key Verse: “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it bring forth more fruit” John 15:2
The Holy Spirit produces the spiritual virtues of love, joy, peace, faith, goodness, meekness, gentleness, patience and self control in the life of the holy Christian. These virtues are collectively called the fruit of the Spirit to make his light shine before men in righteousness and holiness so that they may glorify God for his life. The spiritual virtues contained within this fruit of the Spirit are described as:
1. Love: shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, for God and for our fellow men
2. Joy: flows in the believer’s heart as a sign of true salvation, Psalm 51:12
3. Peace: proves that we are God’s Children, Mathew 5:9
4. Long suffering: makes the child of God to bear long with God and with men in times of trials
5. Gentleness: makes the Christian to love and relate peacefully with his fellow men
6. Goodness: God’s goodness manifested in the believer. Hebrews 12:14.
7. Faith: keeps us in constant connection with God, Hebrews 11:6.
8. Meekness: Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth
9. Temperance: keeps the believers from the sins of appetite and worldly cares.
If we live and walk in the Spirit we will bear the fruit of the Spirit and will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Good fruits are always displayed for people to buy and eat. Jesus said that believers are the light of the World, and that we should let our light shine before men, that they may see our good works and glorify God because of us, and be challenged to draw closer to the Lord. As it is natural for good and living tree to bear good fruits, so it is for every Spirit filled Christian to bring forth godly fruits. Any person who has not the Holy Spirit in him is not of Christ and cannot bear the fruit of the Spirit.
Thought for the day: Against such there is no law
Song for the day: Make me Holy, make me Holy, make me Holy o Lord …..
Bible reading for the day: 2 Samuel 1-3; Luke 18:1-17
#horemow.
For taking your time to study remain blessed. August Tuesday 27th TOPIC: CORRECT WATER BAPTISM TEXT: Mark 16:15-16 KEY VERSE: Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The believer requires water baptism. The baptism that Jesus commanded is in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. It is done by immersion in water because the three Persons are One. In Acts of the Apostles, the people were baptizing in the name of Jesus. They used the phrase “in the name of Jesus” to indicate that the baptism was carried out as authorized by Jesus, and the baptism authorized by Jesus is that which is done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. It is not to say that they dip people in water and say, “I baptize you in the name of Jesus.” The name of Jesus cannot represent the Godhead. The Father is not Jesus, the Holy Spirit is not Jesus, Jesus is God who be
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