The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. It is the best measure of spiritual growth available. Fruit grows quietly, and it grows in character before it shows in gifting. John 15:5 Ephesians 5:9 2 Peter 1:5-8 Spirit of…
Galatians 3:24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. WEB Paul pictures the law as a tutor, the household servant in the ancient world responsible for…
Mark 4:20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, thirty times, sixty times, and one hundred times. WEB The sower scatters the same seed everywhere: on the path,…
1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks. WEB Paul is candid about how the cross sounded to its first hearers: an offense to Jewish expectations of a…
Jesus says he is the true vine and his followers are branches, and that a branch bears fruit only while it stays joined to the vine. Apart from me you can do nothing is the plainest sentence in the passage. The Old…
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. WEB 2-peter 3 Growth is commanded, which means it is not automatic, and it is growth…
2 Peter 1:3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue; WEB God speaks about growth before we…
2 Peter 1:3 · Spiritual Growth, Christian Habits, Faith
2 Timothy 2:15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth. WEB Scripture teaches how it wants to be read. Hear that before any…
2 Timothy 2:15 · Wisdom, Spiritual Growth, Christian Habits
Luke 9:23-24 He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake,…
Luke 9:23-24 · Discipleship, Obedience, Spiritual Growth
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. WEB Faith is defined by Scripture itself, so let the definition come from God before any illustration of it. Hebrews 11:1-3 Now faith…
Hebrews 11:1 · Faith, Spiritual Growth, Hope
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