The fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:21-23

King James Version (KJV)

 ²¹Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
 ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
 ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Feb. 26, 2012: Bearing the Fruit of Redemption (Galatians 5:2–6:18)

Lesson for Feb. 26, 2012: Bearing the Fruit of Redemption (Galatians 5:2–6:18)

Galatians 5:22-26

King James Version (KJV)

 ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
 ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
 ²⁴And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
 ²⁵If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
 ²⁶Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:1-10

King James Version (KJV)

Galatians 6

 ¹Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
 ²Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
 ³For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
 ⁴But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
 ⁵For every man shall bear his own burden.
 ⁶Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
 ⁷Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
 ⁸For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
 ⁹And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
 ¹⁰As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Lesson for Feb. 19, 2012: Inheriting Abraham’s Promise (Galatians 3:15–5:1)

http://christianstandard.com/2012/02/lesson-for-feb-19-2012-inheriting-abraham%E2%80%99s-promise-galatians-315-51/

Galatians 3:1-15

Galatians 3:1-15

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Galatians 3

 ¹O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
 ²This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
 ³Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
 ⁴Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
 ⁵He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
 ⁶Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
 ⁷Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
 ⁸And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
 ⁹So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
 ¹⁰For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
 ¹¹But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
 ¹²And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
 ¹³Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
 ¹⁴That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
 ¹⁵Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Understanding the Presence of the Spirit

http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/IVP-NT/Gal/Understanding-Presence-Spirit

God Preserves a Remnant :

http://christianstandard.com/2012/01/lesson-for-jan-15-2012-god-preserves-a-remnant-genesis-421-467/

Genesis 42:1-46

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Genesis 42

 ¹Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
 ²And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
 ³And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
 ⁴But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
 ⁵And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
 ⁶And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
 ⁷And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
 ⁸And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
 ⁹And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
 ¹⁰And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
 ¹¹We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
 ¹²And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
 ¹³And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
 ¹⁴And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
 ¹⁵Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
 ¹⁶Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
 ¹⁷And he put them all together into ward three days.
 ¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
 ¹⁹If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
 ²⁰But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
 ²¹And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
 ²²And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
 ²³And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
 ²⁴And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
 ²⁵Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
 ²⁶And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
 ²⁷And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
 ²⁸And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
 ²⁹And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
 ³⁰The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
 ³¹And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
 ³²We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
 ³³And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
 ³⁴And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
 ³⁵And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
 ³⁶And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
 ³⁷And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
 ³⁸And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

God Preserves a Remnant :

God Preserves a Remnant :

Genesis 42:24
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. Joseph wept because he recognized his brothers that had, twenty years ago, sold him into slavery.... 

When God has a plan for you, do not be dismayed, do not give up on God, he knows how to work His plan. He will use them that have done you wrong to be a blessing to you without them even knowing that they are...

God is awesome beloved!

Even though he went through so much: sold into slavery, cast into prison, lied on, Joseph, because of God's plan was placed into a position of Power and Authority because man can disappoint, but God Anoints and Appoints!