Sermon Theme:
Learning to Follow Jesus
Attribute 1: Learn to be with Jesus
Step 2: Learn to recognize his fruit
Bible Verse: : “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” –Matthew 11:28
Last week we talked about that Jesus said in John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit;” In other words, if you stay close to God, you will bear much fruit that looks like God. You cannot bear godly fruit on your own. If you go to an apple tree, what do you expect? If you go to a grape vine, what do you expect? The same applies to God. If you stay connected to God, what can you expect?
Well the fruits that we will be talking about today is in Galatians 5:22-23. Many of you are familiar with this because we did a whole series on this so maybe this is a good review for you if forgot it or maybe this is new to you today.
So what are the fruit of the spirit that God is talking about? Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control.
What does these fruits look like?
Love – Loving people without expecting anything back. Unconditionally. You don’t love them because they did something for you.
Joy – Be joyful in all circumstances even when things are going bad but you know that God is still good
Peace – Having peace and not worry. Knowing God is in control. You do what you can in your own power and let God do the rest.
Patience – Being patient in everything.
Kindness – Friendly, regardless of how people treat you or even doing random act of kindness to people that you don’t know because you know they are God’s people.
Goodness – Being generous and kind to people
Faithfulness – Being faithful in everything. You are being trustworthy to your friends and not quitting on people.
Gentleness – Being gentle with your friends, maybe accepting for who they are even though they are a bit weird.
Self Control – Being able to control yourself to say certain things or certain people. Control yourself from not pleasing God. Being discipline
Let’s go back to my story how my mom cuts me fruit each night…I was wondering why she is doing that for me? Because she loves me and she wants the best for my health. In the same way, our heavenly father wants us to bear fruits because he wants the best for us. He loves us so much that we wants these fruits in our lives so that we can live a life. Stay connect with him so we can bear these fruits. Read the bible and spend time with him in prayer and through reading.
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