A Christian Life
The Apostle Paul writing to believers in Christ about the Christian life states,
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22,23.
Sadly many outside the church here in North America where I live don’t see these fruits. They see people calling themselves Christians demonstrating against things. They see people who claim to be Christians but who’s actions show them to be hypocrites, and bigots. They fail to see Love.
When I was much younger my pastor at the time told me that if I only remembered one verse from scripture it should be. The words of Jesus who said,
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” Matthew 7:12.
He told me that as you grow correctly as a believer in Christ Jesus the fruits of the Spirit the apostle Paul talks about should grow and show in your life.
If you are a believer in Christ Jesus look at the fruits Paul is speaking about. Are they showing in your life? The apostle Paul noted,
“But the fruit of the Spirit is
If we are true followers of Christ Jesus people should see these attributes without us saying a single word. They should see it in our lifestyle.
Francis of Assisi wrote,
The Apostle Paul writing to believers in Christ about the Christian life states,
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22,23.
Sadly many outside the church here in North America where I live don’t see these fruits. They see people calling themselves Christians demonstrating against things. They see people who claim to be Christians but who’s actions show them to be hypocrites, and bigots. They fail to see Love.
When I was much younger my pastor at the time told me that if I only remembered one verse from scripture it should be. The words of Jesus who said,
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” Matthew 7:12.
He told me that as you grow correctly as a believer in Christ Jesus the fruits of the Spirit the apostle Paul talks about should grow and show in your life.
If you are a believer in Christ Jesus look at the fruits Paul is speaking about. Are they showing in your life? The apostle Paul noted,
“But the fruit of the Spirit is
love,
joy,
peace,
patience,
kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness,
gentleness
and self-control.”
Paul then notes, “Against such things there is no law.”If we are true followers of Christ Jesus people should see these attributes without us saying a single word. They should see it in our lifestyle.
Francis of Assisi wrote,
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
Francis of Assisi
Francis also noted,
“The deeds you do
may be the only sermon
some persons will hear today”
Francis of Assisi
Please think about it.
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