“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,” (Galatians 5:22) We are just about to come to a close on our devotionals of “What’s on Your Tree?” We now come to the fruit of faith. What a fruit this … [Read more...]
The Fruit is Goodness
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness…” (Galatians 5:22) We are now to take on and bear another fruit of the Spirit; that is, “goodness.” The Greek word is “agathōsunē”; the state of being good, … [Read more...]
Do You Love Christ?
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15) Before you answer the question in the title, look for the proof in your life. The proof of loving Christ is not found in the fact that you can remember the date of your conversion. It is not in … [Read more...]
The Fruit is Gentleness
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness…” (Galatians 5:22) We have dealt with the first four of the fruit of the Spirit as to the life of the believer, concluding that the Word of God makes it perfectly clear that … [Read more...]
The Fruit is Longsuffering
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering…” (Galatians 5:22) What a wonderful study it has been for me on fruit bearing. I trust that these devotionals have been a blessing to you as you read them; as they have been to me as I … [Read more...]
The Fruit is Peace
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…” (Galatians 5:22) In our series of devotionals, we have been talking about the kind of fruit that the professing Child of God should be bearing. We used, at the beginning of this series, Matthew … [Read more...]