October 6, 2019 | Fruit of the Spirit

October 6, 2019 | Fruit of the Spirit

by | 10.7.19

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT | GENTLENESS

GALATIANS 5:22 BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, 23 GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL; AGAINST SUCH THINGS THERE IS NOT LAW.

KEY SCRIPTURES

Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 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. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Psalm 18:35 Your gentleness has made me great

Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

John 7:37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

1 Corinthians 3:1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

Galatians 4:19 I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.

John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

KEY POINTS

  • Keep in Step with the Spirit
  • Gentleness can be defined as making yourself “little” so others can be made great.
  • It is the awareness of our sin that keeps us from asserting ourselves.
  • It is who we are ‘in Christ’ that defines the meaning behind what we do.
  • Every believer should be gentle in spirit because every believer has the Spirit.
  • We tend to place the fruit of faith in front of the root of faith.
  • Our inclination to sin is rooted in our resistance to have a relationship with our Holy God, not in our behavioral issues.
  • Abiding in His love through faith, is the means for keeping His commandments.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  • Why can every human being be gentle? Explain.
  • What makes a Christian a Christian?
  • Describe your most significant “Step in the Spirit” which confirmed that Christ was/is being formed in you?