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in I Corinth we find there are 9 gifts (plural) of the spirit...
now in Galatians 5:22-23 we find 9 ingredients of the fruit (singular) of the spirit...
these are ingredients that make up one fruit... not 9 fruits...
they are... love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance
count them 9... all make one fruit...
if we have 8 ingredients, lacking only one... do we still have the fruit of the spirit??
let me just throw something out at you, and see what you think...
if we are making a cake and we leave out the eggs, just one ingredient... do we still have a cake?
of coarse we do... it is just lacking... not as good as it should be...
now if we leave out the flour all we have is a mess... right?
if we have all the ingredients of the fruit, EXCEPT for instance longsuffering... do we still have the fruit??
tell us what you think...
this is what I think... we would still have the fruit, but it would be lacking... everyone would see the product of the other ingredients... we would be bearing fruit, but it would be lacking...
NOW... I believe if we leave out, say for instance... FAITH... we would just have a mess... how can we do any of the other things without faith?? we can't even please God without faith, can we?? isn't that what the word say??
temperance is another MUST HAVE... because if we are not trying to control ourselves, we are a mess already...
the reason I used longsuffering for instance, in that we can be lacking in that and still be productive is because it is not as evident as some of the other things... because how often do you hear anyone say "boy, he's not very longsuffering"... or "wow, he sure didn't put up with that long, only 6 months"... you see is viewed different by different people, what some would see as a long time, to another may not be very long at all...
but how often do you hear "that guy (or girl) is quick tempered ain't they!" I hear that a lot...
what do you think???
Love,
His Child,
Angela
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| HaShaliach | Test the Fruit | 3 | Nov 29 2008, 3:03 PM EST by Alphalynn | ||
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Thread started: Nov 20 2008, 6:57 PM EST
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Have you ever noticed that like all things spiritual, the fruit of the Spirit can be faked or counterfeited? The test comes with the testing. That is, if you want to know if the fruit of the Spirit is truly in evidence watch the individual going through a test (a trial, a crises). When that occurs on one’s life, including our own, and the individual continues to speak and act in a Christ-line manner (and all that that implies), then the true fruit of the Spirit has been produced in that person’s life. If not in evidence, then spiritual correction is indicated.
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