AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Friday – December 9, 2022, Kislev 15, 5783
FRIDAY NUGGETS
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT – PART FOUR
Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Greetings dear and precious saints of God, sons and daughters of the Father, joint-heirs, co-laborers with and in the Son, taught and helped (empowered) by God the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:9 (AMP)
9 For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God’s garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God’s building.
Welcome back to the Friday teachings generally titled “Friday Nuggets”. Wow, 11 of the 12 months of this year are spent, Thanksgiving is in the rear view mirror with Christmas and the New Year looming ahead. Let me ask again, did we spend the time we were given, our most precious asset, wisely? As the Bible says, did we redeem the time. Before I move on, please take a moment and share this teaching as widely as possible by every means available to widen our reach with the gospel. Thank you so much for sharing.
Today I will be continuing our study of the fruit of the spirit, the fruit of our spirit. First, some brief review and then I will move forward. Of course, whatever fruit is produced or more accurately whatever fruit our spirit has the potential to produce originated with and is the same as that of God. Never forget we are of like kind with God, in the god class not another class and we are in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-28). Consider the following.
Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Here we see God fashioning our physical body, breathing life (our spirit man) and our soul into that body. Our spirit man is where the fruit of the spirit are located, it is the part of us that communicates with God. Let’s look at a few Scriptures to shed light upon this aspect of our lives.
Proverbs 20:27 (KJV)
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:27 (ESV)
27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
The Spirit of God know our innermost thoughts, motives, intentions and so does our spirit. The writer of Hebrews puts it just a little differently.
Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The soul is where our mind, emotions, will, intellect are located. Both the soul and the spirit came from God. The soul (mind, will, emotions, intellect) is not the same as the physical brain in the physical body. Since the soul is from God what is its capacity? That is a different study for a different time, just stirring up your thoughts. In this study we are focusing on the nine fruit of our spirit which are from God and have the same potential as God’s Spirit. As before, let’s take a little further look into the context of our primary text. You will recall from prior weeks that the Apostle Paul is writing to Christians, first at Galatia and now to us. Listen to what he said was present in the Church at Galatia, what about my Church, what about yours?
Galatians 5:19-21 (KJV)
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Lord willing, when I return next week, we can talk about these things and how they are very much present in our Churches.
2 Chronicles 20:20 b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Receive the blessing in Jesus’ name!
Numbers 6:24-26 (MSG)
24 GOD bless you and keep you,
25 GOD smile on you and gift you,
26 GOD look you full in the face and make you prosper.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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