In the beginning was the word. the word was with God and the word was God. It is the light that has come to bring understanding into a dark world. The darkness did not comprehend the light but to those that received him he gave them the right to become children of God. So the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory. John the Baptist bore witness saying he saw the spirit descending from heaven like a dove and it remained upon him.
We call ourselves Christians we are to be like Christ.
In Galatians chapter 5 we find the list of the fruit of the Spirit. We also find in there the list of the flesh and what it can produce. The fruit of the Spirit is not a vegetable of the spirit. It is something that is produced not by our own ability but by the seed of God. To produce the fruit of the Spirit we need the spirit of the Father to help us. Just like the spirit descended and remained upon Jesus we too need the spirit of the Father to remain upon us so that we produce that list that is evidence that God lives and dwells in us.
For us to be a witness of him we need his spirit in us. When we produce the fruit of the Spirit it is the evidence that God has chosen to dwell and to remain in our life this produces a place for God to touch this earth through us. This positions us to be able to handle the gifts of the Spirit properly and correctly that they might bring hope and salvation to those that see and hear them.
When Jesus was baptized the Father said this is my son and whom I am well pleased.
Jesus was like us in the fact that the temptation affected him just like it affects us. He resisted it and overcame it and we can as well that is the hope that he has brought to us. We too can be one that the father can say this is mine in whom I am well pleased. If our past is a mess Jesus paid a price for us to be cleansed and to start again and we can begin to allow the seed of God to become part of our life and we can let it grow and let it begin to produce the fruit of the spirit.
This is God coming in the flesh so that this world might see what the father looks like on the outside and the inside.
Have you tried to make the fruit of the Spirit on your own?
How did the fruit of the Spirit change in your view and thinking?
How did the Word of God come alive to you through this message?
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