Sam Macdonald - August 17, 2025

Sam Macdonald - August 17th, 2025 - Fruit of the Spirit Who can name the fruits of the Spirit in order? ● Love ● Joy ● Peace ● Patience ● Kindness ● Goodness ● Faithfulness ● Gentleness ● Self-Control What does “Fruit of the Spirit” Mean? - God’s attributes as shown in His followers - Actions that God has taken toward us - The evidence of God’s work in someone’s life John 15:1-5 - Jesus Speaks of the Fruit - What is “abiding in Christ”? - Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” - “Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit. - Christ's followers will bear much fruit - Followers of Christ - be encouraged that Christ does and will work in you - Non-Believers (or not-sure) - now is the time to repent and surrender to Christ. ---- Love ● The GOAT of all fruits (I Corinthians 13) ● All fruits after this are in light of love. ● The specific greek word used in Galatians 5:22 is “Agape” (total, sacrificial love) ● Love is complete commitment to something or someone. It is an act of the will. Joy ● Celebration and praise of our God and Saviour. ● Transcends circumstance. ● It is our strength (Neh 8:10) ● John 15:11 says that joy belongs to Christ and he desires for our joy to be full. Peace ● Contentment and completeness in Christ. ● John 14:27 - Peace comes from Christ ● Phil 4:6-7 Inward peace. passes understanding. ● Rom 12:18 Outward peace as a testimony of God’s work in us Patience ● Perseverance ● Long-suffering ● Waiting on The Lord (Isaiah 40) Kindness ● Love put into tangible action. ● Love is an act of the will, Kindness is an act of the hands and feet. ● Where the rubber hits the road Goodness ● Dictionary.com - Goodness, morality, virtue refer to qualities of character or conduct that entitle the possessor to approval (of God) and esteem ● Desiring to please God. ● Living by God’s terms and morals. ● Opposing evil. Faithfulness ● Unchangingness. ● Loyalty ● Truthfulness ● Not deviating from God’s truth Gentleness ● Restraint of power ● Not weak but meek ● Mercy (withholding deserved punishment) ● Grace (granting undeserved kindness) Self-Control ● Opposite of impulsive ● Restraint of desires ● Resistance to temptation Love ● Romans 5:8 ● John 3:16 ● Too many to name :) Joy ● Hebrews 12:2 ● Psalm 104:31 ● John 15:11 Peace ● Romans 5:1 ● 2 Thess. 3:16 ● Phil 4:6-7 Patience ● Exodus 34:6 ● Numbers 14:18 ● 2 Peter 3:9 Kindness ● Romans 5:8 (Demonstrates) ● Ephesians 2:7 Goodness ● Psalm 34:8 ● Exodus 34:6 Faithfulness ● Lamantations 3:23 ● Psalm 36:5 ● Hebrews 13:8 Gentleness ● Matt 11:29 ● 2 Corinthians 10:1 Self-Control ● Hebrews 4:15 ● Matt 4 ● Luke 4 Application ● Ephesians 2:5-10 ○ We are created for good works in Christ. ● Romans 8:1-8 ○ We are set free through the law of the Spirit from the law of sin and death ○ V3-4 The righteous requirement of the law is fulfilled in those who walk according to the Spirit ● Jeremiah 31:31-34 ○ God’s law is written on our hearts through the Spirit in the new covenant