SPIRITUAL FRUIT

Bible Study

writtten by

Pastor Janice L. Williams

BIBLE STUDY FOR

JULY 1st-8th, 2009

NKJV = NEW KING JAMES VERSION, & NLT = NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, ARE THE BIBLE TRANSLATIONS USED FOR THIS BIBLE STUDY

SCRIPTURES PRINTED IN RED ARE WORDS SPOKEN BY JESUS.

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WE ARE

 ARE WE LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE?

 JESUS TOLD US THE WAY THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE FALSE PROPHETS AND OTHERS IS BY THEIR FRUIT [THE NATURE THAT IS MANIFESTED IN A PERSONS LIFE].  LET'S READ SOME SCRIPTURES THAT CONFIRM THIS STATEMENT. 

Matthew 7:15-23 TLB (Living Bible) 15 “Beware of false teachers who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are wolves and will tear you apart. 16 You can detect them by the way they act, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit. You need never confuse grapevines with thorn bushes or figs with thistles. 17 Different kinds of fruit trees can quickly be identified by examining their fruit. 18 A variety that produces delicious fruit never produces an inedible kind. And a tree producing an inedible kind can’t produce what is good. 19 So the trees having the inedible fruit are chopped down and thrown on the fire. 20 Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit produced.
21 “Not all who sound religious are really godly people. They may refer to me as ‘Lord,’ but still won’t get to heaven. For the decisive question is whether they obey my Father in heaven. 22 At the Judgment many will tell me, ‘Lord, Lord, we told others about you and used your name to cast out demons and to do many other great miracles.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘You have never been mine. Go away, for your deeds are evil.’

GALATIANS 5:22, 23 NLT *

... WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CONTROLS OUR LIVES, HE WILL PRODUCE THIS KIND OF FRUIT IN US:

• LOVE
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• JOY
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• PEACE
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• PATIENCE
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• KINDNESS & GOODNESS
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• FAITHFULNESS
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• GENTLENESS 
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• & SELF-CONTROL
• 

HERE THERE IS NO CONFLICT WITH THE LAW.

 THE SPIRITUAL FRUIT OF LOVE:

• ROMANS 5:5 NLT * FOR WE KNOW HOW DEARLY GOD LOVES US, BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US THE HOLY SPIRIT TO FILL OUR HEARTS WITH HIS LOVE.
•  I CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 NLT *
• 4/ LOVE IS PATIENT AND KIND.  LOVE IS NOT JEALOUS OR BOASTFUL OR PROUD 
• 5/ OR RUDE.  LOVE DOES NOT DEMAND IT'S OWN WAY.  LOVE IS NOT IRRITABLE, AND IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WHEN IT HAS BEEN WRONGED. 
• 6/ IT IS NEVER GLAD ABOUT INJUSTICE BUT REJOICES WHENEVER THE TRUTH WINS OUT. 
• 7/ LOVE NEVER GIVES UP, NEVER LOSES FAITH, IS ALWAYS HOPEFUL, AND ENDURES THROUGH EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE.

THE SPIRITUAL FRUIT OF LOVE IN ACTION 

• 1 JOHN 3:16-18 NLT * 16/ WE KNOW WHAT REAL LOVE IS BECAUSE CHRIST GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR US. AND SO WE ALSO OUGHT TO GIVE UP OUR LIVES FOR OUR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 17/ BUT IF ANYONE HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE WELL, AND SEES A BROTHER OR SISTER IN NEED AND REFUSES TO HELP--HOW CAN GOD'S LOVE BE IN THAT PERSON? 18/ DEAR CHILDREN, LET US STOP JUST SAYING WE LOVE EACH OTHER; LET US REALLY SHOW IT BY OUR ACTIONS.
• MATTHEW 25:34-40 NLT * 34/ THEN THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE ON THE RIGHT, 'COME, YOU WHO ARE BLESSED OF MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.  35/ FOR I WAS HUNGRY, AND YOU FED ME.  I WAS THIRSTY, AND YOU GAVE ME A DRINK.  I WAS A STRANGER, AND YOU INVITED ME INTO YOUR HOME. 36/ I WAS NAKED, AND YOU GAVE ME CLOTHING.  I WAS SICK, AND YOU CARED FOR ME.  I WAS IN PRISON, AND YOU VISITED ME.' 37/ "THEN THESE RIGHTEOUS ONES WILL REPLY, 'LORD, WHEN DID WE EVER SEE YOU HUNGRY AND FEED YOU?  OR THIRSTY AND GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO DRINK? 38/ OR A STRANGER AND SHOW YOU HOSPITALITY?  OR NAKED AND GIVE YOU CLOTHING? 39/ WHEN DID WE EVER SEE YOU SICK OR IN PRISON, AND VISIT YOU?' 40/ AND THE KING WILL TELL THEM, 'I ASSURE YOU, WHEN YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,* YOU WERE DOING IT TO ME!'

 ROMANS 15:13 NKJV

NOW MAY THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING, THAT YOU MAY ABOUND IN HOPE BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8th-15th, 2009

FOR THE NEXT WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY

JESUS LOVES YOU !!!