Monday, August 26, 2019

No law


Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 

Imagine not having to be restricted by a law.  Having freedom to do something without limit.  So often we are restricted by the law however here in Galatians, we are told there is no law against the fruit of the spirit.  We have to be careful though because this could easily be taken out of context.  We could pick just one of these, such as self-control and say something like, there is no law against anything I do as long as I display self-control.  This would be false.  However, when we live within the guidelines of the Bible, we can do some things if we show self-control.  I few weeks ago I talked about drinking and how this has become the norm in the world today.  While I still believe we must be extremely careful to make sure that we don’t cause our brother to stumble, does the Bible say that you can’t drink at all?  No.  We are told we need to display self-control. 

Too often, the fruits of the Spirit are areas that we do not display enough.  Think about how the world would be different if only we spread more of these fruits instead of the hatred, hurt and malice that is often spread.  As Christians we are called to be the change.  We can change the world, one person at a time. 

How will you start spreading the fruits of the Spirit today?  For me, I need to start on this in my own home.  I need to show more gentleness with my son. I encourage each of you to look at where you can spread more fruit of the Spirit. 

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