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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