“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Galatians 5.22
This may seem like a misprint. Paul lists nine virtues and calls them fruit. Fruit, in the singular, refers to the heart. Not the heart of Adam—rebellious and made of stone, but the new heart of flesh—transplanted by the Holy Spirit. This verse could be read like this: But the heart of the Spirit is love, joy... I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36.26
Essentially, those who are born of the Spirit have a new heart and a new spirit. A new Spirit signifies a new mind, the mind of God. I Corinthians 2.16
As a result, this new heart comes with nine virtues that identify the character of God.
As a virtue of this new heart, love has nothing to do with the possessive, selfish and fleshly emotion that is so loved, admired and practiced in this world. Quite the contrary!
This kind of love, as well as the other virtues of the new heart, is like the Eternal One. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3.16
This kind of love has nothing to do with the love of this world. Without the transformation that comes along with the new birth, it is impossible to understand this.
The love of God was, and has always been sacrificial. It has nothing to do with emotion. Those who love with the heart of the Spirit of God sacrifice for their loved ones and vice versa. Like faith, love requires sacrifice. Those who love another person do not get married to make themselves happy, they get married so that their loved one will be happy. Anyone who loves the Lord Jesus Christ wants to please Him by having this sacrificial nature.
Cristiane Cardoso
Sacrifice is the only way.
To sacrifice daily is to deny yourself as Jesus said if you want to follow me you have Deny yourself pick up your Cross and Follow Me.
This is exactly what those who have the Love of Christ do.
This is one of the Fruits that is apparent of those who have the spirit of God.
Thanks Bishop. Its always about sacrifice; sacrificing our own ways to be of God; sacrificing our stone heart for one of flesh.
Bishop i agree! is the fruits u bear who tells who u are.
Amen! It is so true, Bishop! If you have the Fruit of the Spirit inside of you, you will automatically show the character of God. It's so awesome!
The holy spirit is shown through the character and bare fruits.
Yes Bishop this is very true as explained the Spirit of God is the only way to transform our lives and give us a new heart.
Dear Bishop.
Thank you for sharing , only those who are born of God can bear these fruits and even when a person can pretend to be born of God the fruits will tell.We don't force the fruits but we naturally bear them once we are born Of God.
Thank you .
Bishop, I agree with you there is no way one can have a true love without being transformed and be given a new heart a heart of flesh. With a new heart one will yield this fruit.
Thanks to God the Father who promise to give us a heart of flesh when we seek for it and for me to receive it, I have to sacrifice the one of Adam. The 21 days of FoD is for this purpose. Thank you Lord Jesus.
May God touch all of us 2 lay down Adam's heart and receive the FLESH one from HIM.
This is very true Bishop, I remember when i was a teenage, all i wanted is to get married and be happy, i wanted someone to make me happy and not me making him happy. Even in my previuos relashinships i only wanted to be made happy i wanted all the attention oh how selfish is that! But after the encounter with holy spirit things changed. Now i dont only want to be married but to make him happy and all this comes with sacrifices. We need th sacrifical nature in order have the spirit of God in us.
its so true bishop it means when you are born of GOD you are not the same anymore AMEN .
hello Bishop,yes i agree with every word you have said, we all should seek the holy spirit, and when we receive the spirit from god we should allows it to be our guilde to our lord an saviour jesus.
Let the Holy Spirit as our counselor lead the way through our Lord Jesus. Amen
Thank You
Father in the Lord
bealiveble or not ,this world is moving to the wrong way unfortunetly no body trust other,no body love other, excep those are born by the Holy Ghost, Jesus is coming back
Bishop is true, I agree with you!
Who has the Spirit of God, the fruits comes naturally !!!!