Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is:

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Gal 522 But the fruit of the Spirit is love
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Gods Love Shown

• Moses
• Esther
• Lydia
• Philip
• Us

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What do we know about Fruit of the Spirit?

• The Fruit of the Spirit can only come from Deity.
  
• Fruit is singular.
• Fruit is not something we do its what we
  display.
• Fruit of the Spirit is about Christian character.
  
• Fruit of the Spirit is the result of living the
  normal Christian life.

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The best fruit requires appropriate actions. The
harvest of fruit is no accident. Some people
occasionally take a journey into love but few
actually live there. Real love proceeds from God
who is love. Real love proceeds from the nature
of the lover rather than from any merit in the
beloved. Real love is more than feelings it is
actions.
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I Corinthians 131-3 Preeminence of Love

• What if I could speak all languages . . . did not
  love others
• if I could prophesy . . . if I had faith . . . be
  nothing, unless I loved others
• gave away all that I owned . . . gain nothing,
  unless I loved others.

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I Corinthians 134-7 Practice of Love

• Kind volunteers to help others
• Patient refrains from avenge
• Celebrates what God has given to others (never
  jealous)
• Does not brag about what one has or done
  (boastful)
• Saved by grace (proud)

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I Corinthians 134-7 Practice of Love

• Not acting in ugly, indecent or obscene fashion
  (rude)
• Others first
• Not violent
• Does not add up and itemize the failures of
  others
• Focus on the good

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I Corinthians 134-7 Practice of Love

• Celebrates and applauds the good in others
• Delights in giving second changes
• Refusal to take failure as final
• Love hangs in there because we are going to spend
  eternity together

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Do not put out the Spirit's fire.
1Thessalonians 516-19