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Bryant Hewitt starts a series of Gal5:22-23,
with the topic Love.And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you" (1Th 3:12) Do join our Peace Tour as we bring the Lords Crusades to Europe, Asia, Africa, India. - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-hewitt-channel
1. Having considered the manifold works of the flesh, we now focus our
attention to "the fruit of the Spirit"
2. Have you noticed that the word "fruit" is singular, while "works" is
plural?
a. This suggests that the individual works of the flesh are varied
and not necessarily related
b. But the fruit of the Spirit, though possessing various
characteristics, is in reality ONE, made possible by the
combination of all nine characteristics in these verses
c. A person may be guilty of the works of the flesh when only
committing one of the works
d. But a person cannot be said to be producing the fruit of the
Spirit unless all nine qualities are demonstrated together in his
or her life
1) Similar to the graces as listed in 2Pe 1:5-8
2) Where the expression "add to your..." implies the graces are
intricately connected to each other and are all necessary to
growing in the knowledge of Jesus Christ
3. So while a person may possess one or more of these graces listed in
Ga 5:22-23, that alone does not constitute the fruit of the Spirit;
one who is led by the Spirit will produce them all!
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