We come now to the second set of virtues: patience, kindness, and goodness. If the first three were the rooted disposition of a fruitful marriage, these three are its visible expression. Of course, love, joy, and peace certainly have outward dimensions to them, but these virtues are outward by their very nature. Paul fittingly places …
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In each of these three lessons, we will consider three of the virtues that Paul lists as the fruit of the Spirit, so our first will be love, joy, and peace. There are real connections within these groupings. With our first set of virtues, we will discover the foundation for the ones that follow. Love, …
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. …
https://youtu.be/PYUVJYh8_OM But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to …
Continue reading Keep in Step with the Spirit | Galatians 5:16-26
But the fruit of the Spirit islove, joy, peace, patience, kindness,goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22–23 ESV In studying the fruit that the Spirit produces in those who have faith in Christ, we have the final two of the nine virtues that Paul lists before us: gentleness and self-control. …
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