Fruit of the Spirt - Bible Study

	The Fruit of The Spirit Bible Study



	Galatians 5: 22-25 But the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

The FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is love, and only as we live in love, can we fulfill the will of God in our lives.
The believer must become:
Love-inspired
Love-mastered
Love-driven

Without the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, we are just a religious noise ...

1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity (love), I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

LOVE is the characteristic theme of Christianity. It can only be known from the actions it prompts. God's LOVE is seen in the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. Christian LOVE has God as it's primary object and expresses itself in implicit obedience to His commandments.

John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Christian LOVE towards others is not an impulse from feelings; rather it is an action that seeks the welfare of and a chance to please them.

Let's take a look at how our Lord describes love (charity).

1 Corinthians 13: 4-8, 13

Charity suffereth long, and is kind, charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth ...

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

God puts a pretty high priority on love. (vs.13). He tells us that love is slow to anger (suffereth long), is kind, doesn't envy the welfare, position or properties of others. It does not push itself forward sounding it's own praises (vaunteth not itself) nor is it swelled with pride. (vs.4)
Love has good manners (behaves itself unseemly), is not selfish (seeketh not her own), is not easily provoked and does not keep track of offenses committed against it. (vs.5)
Love does not take delight in that which is offensive to God, but is happy in that which is pure, honest and true. (vs.6)
Beareth all things, believeth all things does not suggest that it is guillible, but that it will believe well of others, until convinced otherwise. Rather than having a negative attitude and critical spirit, it is always positive and hopeful, enduring the assaults of an enemy. (vs.7)
Because the love that is described here is an action as opposed to a feeling, it will not fade nor fall away as feelings do. This kind of love does not wait to get, it continues to give.

	The FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is love, and only as we live in love, can we fulfill the will of God in our lives. The believer must become: Love-inspired Love-mastered Love-driven Without the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, we are just a religious noise ...

	1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity (love), I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

	LOVE is the characteristic theme of Christianity. It can only be known from the actions it prompts. God's LOVE is seen in the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. Christian LOVE has God as it's primary object and expresses itself in implicit obedience to His commandments.

	John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

	Christian LOVE towards others is not an impulse from feelings; rather it is an action that seeks the welfare of and a chance to please them.



	Let's take a look at how our Lord describes love (charity).

	1 Corinthians 13: 4-8, 13 Charity suffereth long, and is kind, charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth ... And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.



	God puts a pretty high priority on love. (vs.13). He tells us that love is slow to anger (suffereth long), is kind, doesn't envy the welfare, position or properties of others. It does not push itself forward sounding it's own praises (vaunteth not itself) nor is it swelled with pride. (vs.4) Love has good manners (behaves itself unseemly), is not selfish (seeketh not her own), is not easily provoked and does not keep track of offenses committed against it. (vs.5) Love does not take delight in that which is offensive to God, but is happy in that which is pure, honest and true. (vs.6) Beareth all things, believeth all things does not suggest that it is guillible, but that it will believe well of others, until convinced otherwise. Rather than having a negative attitude and critical spirit, it is always positive and hopeful, enduring the assaults of an enemy. (vs.7) Because the love that is described here is an action as opposed to a feeling, it will not fade nor fall away as feelings do. This kind of love does not wait to get, it continues to give.