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Original Power Point Lesson www.suunysidechurchofchrist.com Steven J Wallace. The Fruit of the Spirit. Additions of Scriptures and other edits: Jack Wheeler – Clovis Ca Email: jack@powerpointstojesus.co m. FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. LOVE. Galatians 5:22, 23.
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Original Power Point Lesson www.suunysidechurchofchrist.com Steven J Wallace The Fruit of the Spirit Additions of Scriptures and other edits: Jack Wheeler – Clovis Ca Email: jack@powerpointstojesus.com
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT LOVE
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. • mentioned first • fundamentally first
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) JOY 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) PEACE 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) LONGSUFFERING 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) KINDNESS 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) GOODNESS 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) FAITHFULNESS 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) GENTLENESS 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (LOVE) SELFCONTROL 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
LOVING THE UNSEEN GOD 19 We love Him because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. 1 JOHN 4:19-21
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 1 JOHN 5:1
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God • to feel joy But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. PSALM 5:11
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God • to feel joy • hatred of sin You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. PSALM 97:10
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God • to feel joy • hatred of sin • full obedience Det 30:20 "that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God • to feel joy • hatred of sin • full obedience 1John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God • to feel joy • hatred of sin • full obedience • fulfill the family role/responsibility
Love Motivates • Colossians 3:18-21 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children toanger, lest they be discouraged.
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God • to feel joy • hatred of sin • full obedience • fulfill the family role/responsibility • love those who hate us
Love Motivates • Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Love Motivates • to love others begotten by God • to feel joy • hatred of sin • full obedience • fulfill the family role/responsibility • love those who hate us • love enemy –bless curser • good to the hater –pray for persecutor
Let Love Dominate 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" 37 Jesus said to him, "‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 "This is the first and great commandment. 39 "And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 "On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.“ Matthew 22:35-40
Questions • Do you love your neighbor as yourself? • Do you love God? • Do you love God enough to obey him? • Do you love God enough to obey him today?
Loveless: Life without Obedience • “If you love Me, keep My commandments” John 14:15 • “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him” John 14:21 • “He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me” John 14:24
Accursed: Life without Love • “If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed.” 1 Corinthians 16:22 • “Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.” Ephesians 6:24
What Some Love More Than God? • The world (1 Jn. 2:15)
What Some Love More Than God? • 1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
What Some Love More Than God? • The world (1 Jn. 2:15) • Riches (Matt. 6:24)
What Some Love More Than God? • Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
What Some Love More Than God? • The world (1 Jn. 2:15) • Riches (Matt. 6:24) • Family (Matt. 10:37)
What Some Love More Than God? • Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
What Some Love More Than God? • The world (1 Jn. 2:15) • Riches (Matt. 6:24) • Family (Matt. 10:37) • Praises of Men (Jn. 12:43)
What Some Love More Than God? • John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
What Some Love More Than God? • The world (1 Jn. 2:15) • Riches (Matt. 6:24) • Family (Matt. 10:37) • Praises of Men (Jn. 12:43) • Life (Lk. 14:26)
What Some Love More Than God? • Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
What Some Love More Than God? • “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” • MATTHEW 16:26
What do we love more than our own soul? • if we love our soul, • we gain God’s wisdom Prov 19:8, “He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good.”
CHRIST & US • CHRIST MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR US AS AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again” (2 COR. 5:14, 15) • WHAT DOES YOUR LIFE EXPRESS FOR JESUS?
Do You Really LOVE God? • Then give yourself over to JESUS • Except Jesus in your HEART – By • Repenting of your SINS • Confessing Jesus as your LORD • Be buried in the waters of BAPTISM • Live a faithful LIFE • COME TO JESUS NOW