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Steven J Wallace

The Fruit of the Spirit

Additions of Scriptures and other edits:
Jack Wheeler Clovis Ca
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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

JOY &
PEACE
Galatians 5:22, 23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,

peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no
law.
BUMPER STICKER WISDOM

NO JESUS, NO PEACE
KNOW JESUS, KNOW PEACE
 Knowing Jesus
Will not take painful, sad, and adverse
experiences away from your life
it may create more physical adversities for you
2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus
shall suffer persecution.
 Knowing Jesus
Will not take painful, sad, and adverse
experiences away from your life
Galatians 6:17
From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in
my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
 Knowing Jesus

Will not take painful, sad, and adverse

experiences away from your life
Will impart a measure of joy and peace within
adversity
Defining Joy & Peace

JOY
1. great happiness feelings of great
happiness or pleasure, especially of an
elevated or spiritual kind
2. something that brings happiness a
pleasurable aspect of something, or
something that is seen as a source of
happiness
Defining Joy & Peace

PEACE
1. freedom from war freedom from war,
or the time when a war or conflict ends.
2. mental calm a state of mental calm
and serenity, with no anxiety.

This one is best for our study today

The Christians
Peaceful Environment
1. Peace with God
Romans 5:1, Therefore, having been
justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ
2. Peace with fellowman
Rom. 12:18, If it is possible, as much as
depends on you, live peaceably with all
men
3. Peace with self (Phil. 4:6-9)
 The Christians
Peaceful Trichotomy
Philippians 4:6-7
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and

supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made

known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,

shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 The Christians
Peaceful Trichotomy
Philippians 4:8-9
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever

things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever

things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received,

and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall
be with you.
The Worlds Wrong Reach

The world seeks joy:

by dismissing or eliminating sorrow
by filling their lives with pleasurable
things
PROBLEM:
sorrow surrounds everyone and easily fills
our heart, soul, and mind
material/physical things only have a
temporal effect
 The Worlds Wrong Reach
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with

mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is

vanity.2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What
doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto
wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay
hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the
sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all
the days of their life.
 The Worlds Wrong Reach
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
4 I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me

vineyards: 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted

trees in them of all kind of fruits: 6 I made me pools of
water, to water therewith the wood that brings forth trees: 7
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in
my house; also I had great possessions of great and small
cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
 The Worlds Wrong Reach

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that

were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom

remained with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not

from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy;

for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was
my portion of all my labor.
 The Worlds Wrong Reach

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had
wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do:
and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit,
and there was no profit under the sun.
JOY IN ADVERSITY? Mat 5:10-12
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for
righteousness sake, For theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute
you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for
My sake.
12 "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is
your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the
prophets who were before you.
The Rose
A certain man planted a rose and
watered it faithfully, and before it
blossomed, he examined it.
He saw the bud that would soon
blossom and also the thorns. And
he thought, "How can any beautiful
flower come from a plant burdened
with so many sharp thorns?
JOY BLOOMS IN ADVERSITY?
9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last,
as men condemned to death; for we have been made a
spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
10 We are fools for Christs sake, but you are wise in
Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are
distinguished, but we are dishonored!
11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we
are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.
12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being
reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
13 being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the
filth of the world, the outcast of all things until now.
1 CORINTHIANS 4:9-13
Persecution Blossoms Into Joy
& Peace
Acts 5:41 So they departed from the
presence of the council, rejoicing that
they were counted worthy to suffer shame
for His name
Philippians 2:17 Yes, and if I am
being poured out as a drink offering on the
sacrifice and service of your faith, I am
glad and rejoice with you all
WHY?
THE CHRISTIANS, JOY & PEACE ARE
NOT CONNECTED WITH EXTERNAL
CIRCUMSTANCES

JOY & PEACE SPRINGS FROM BEING

CONNECTED TO CHRISTS VINE, EVEN
WHEN SURROUNDED BY THORNS
WHY?
James 1:2-3
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into

divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works

patience.
 For What Should We Be Joyful?
1. That our Savior has come:
Luke 2:10-11
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,

behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,

which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of

David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

 For What Should We Be Joyful?
2. That we have found the kingdom of heaven:
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto
treasure hid in a field; the which when a man
hath found, he hides, and for joy thereof goeth
and sells all that he hath, and buys that field.
 For What Should We Be Joyful?
3. That our names are written in heaven:
Luke 10:20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are
subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names
are written in heaven.
 For What Should We Be Joyful?
4. That we have fellowship with one another:
Romans 12:15-16
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them

that weep.
16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not

high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not

wise in your own conceits.
 For What Should We Be Joyful?
5. That some who were lost repented
Luke 15:7
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over
one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and
nine just persons, which need no repentance.
 Fruit of the Spirit
John 15:5
I (Jesus) am the vine, ye are the branches:
We must be connected to the vine
We must abide in the vine
We can not do anything without the vine
We wither when apart from Jesus the vine
We have the privilege to ask in Christs name
We bear much fruit while attached to the vine
We glorify the Father as part of the vine
 Jesus on
JOHN 8:32 Discipleship!

Then Jesus said to those Jews who

believed Him, If you abide in My
word, you are My disciples indeed.

He who believes and is baptized

will be saved; but he who does not
believe will be condemned.
MARK 16:16 Jesus on
Salvation!