by admin | Nov 29, 2013 | Christian Perfection, Justification by Faith
Salvation is only the beginning of Christ’s work in our hearts. The story of the exodus from Egypt did not end with the passover. The next task the Lord gave the people of Israel was to clean all the leaven from their homes. This begins the process of...
by admin | Aug 1, 2013 | Christian Perfection, Fruit of the Spirit
Our study on the Fruit of the Spirit is now concluded. In each of the individual components of the fruit, the emphasis is not what we are capable of, but rather the work of the Holy Spirit. If we could in and of ourselves express all of the components of the fruit,...
by admin | Apr 1, 2013 | Christian Perfection, Fruit of the Spirit
Self-control. We get restraint and temperance from the original word used here translated as self-control. To arrive at a proper understanding and definition of self-control, we first have to understand what control means. In other words, what are we controlling...
by admin | Apr 1, 2013 | Christian Perfection, Fruit of the Spirit
Gentleness. Gentleness is related to “meek” found in Matthew 5:5 from the Beatitudes Jesus gave in the Sermon on the Mount, and the King James Version actually translates this word as meekness. This meekness is rooted in the Old Testament (Numbers 12:3, Psalm 22:26,...
by admin | Mar 31, 2013 | Christian Perfection, Fruit of the Spirit
Faithfulness. Faithfulness can be interpreted in multiple ways. It is commonly thought of as devotion, such as our devotion to God or a dog being a faithful companion to a person. However, this is not the faithfulness intended here. Galatians 5 intends that this...
by admin | Mar 30, 2013 | Christian Perfection, Fruit of the Spirit
Goodness. The original word is noted by the Lexicon to only be used in the Bible and ecclesiastical writings. The word is commonly thought to mean upright, however, the Lexicon leaves room for the word to be interpreted as beneficent, which means to perform acts of...