Archive - June 25, 2013

Why do we care about the fruit of the spirit so much that we teach it to children in the form of a song?

Why are we as Christians supposed to bear good fruit?

Galatians chapter 6 concludes with these thoughts from verse 7-9:

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.

This tells us that whatever we sow, we will also reap. We are to bear good fruit and multiply.

God expects to see us bear fruit. Sounds easy, right? But as we’ve read through this short blog series on the fruit of the spirit, it’s evident that there are a lot of forces and desires working against us.

It’s difficult to bear good spiritual fruit. It’s tiresome. It’s downright impossible with our own strength. But the Gospel is on the line.

We are to live out the Gospel in words and in actions. As the quote goes, our lives might be the only Gospel a person sees. But our words are just as important. They have to work together for the glory of God and for the good of our souls.

Why should we push forward? As the passage said, we will reap what we sow. If we spend our time, money, efforts, and attention pursuing the passions of the world, we will receive corruption from the flesh. But, if we turn our attention away from ourselves and to our Maker, we will receive eternal life from the Spirit.

Drop the excuses. Drop the statements- I would be patient with him but you just don’t understand. Drop the – Why should I be kind to her when she’s constantly rude to me?

Here’s our one question: Are you going to live for the glory of God or for the praise of man? If you want to reap righteousness, you need to sow the proper seeds.