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A Fruitful Attitude. Galatians 5:22-23 “ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”. Fellow Man Self. Attitudes to:. Results. Fellow Man. A Fruitful Attitude. 1. Love.
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A Fruitful Attitude
Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Fellow Man Self Attitudes to: Results
Fellow Man A Fruitful Attitude 1. Love John 3:16 “agape” "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.“ John 13:35
Fellow Man A Fruitful Attitude 2. Longsuffering “long-tempered” God is longsuffering - Ex. 34:6 Col. 3:12 “Put on…longsuffering.” Heart of love
Fellow Man A Fruitful Attitude 3. Gentleness Controls thoughts, words, deeds “And be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God....” Eph.4:32
Fellow Man A Fruitful Attitude 4. Goodness Acts 10:38 “went about doing good” Titus 2:14 “zealous of good works.”
Self A Fruitful Attitude 1. Meekness A wild horse tamed – controlled Numbers 12:3 Moses was very meek Matt. 11:29 “meek and lowly in heart…”
Self A Fruitful Attitude 2. Temperance Self-Control – hold oneself in Luke 9:23 – deny – take up cross 1 Cor. 9:27 “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:”
Results A Fruitful Attitude 1. Joy Spiritual delight in Christ Acts 5:41 “rejoiced” Phil. 2:17 “…I joy, and rejoice with you all.”
Results A Fruitful Attitude 2. Peace Isa. 9:6 “Prince of Peace” Rom. 15:33 “the God of peace” Phil. 4:7 “peace which passeth all understanding.”
Results A Fruitful Attitude 3. Faithfulness Loyalty, dependability, reliability Gal. 5:6 “faith which worketh by love.” Heb. 11 = FAITHFULNESS
A Fruitful Attitude Fellow Man • Love • Long-suffering • Gentleness • Goodness
A Fruitful Attitude Self • Meekness • Temperance
A Fruitful Attitude Results • Joy • Peace • Faithfulness
A Fruitful Attitude
Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Evening December 6, 2009