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What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/11/03 02:06 PM
12/11/03 02:06 PM
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The first part of Matthew 7:16 says, "Ye shall know them by their fruits." It is also repeated in Matthew 7:20 where it also says, "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." What fruit or fruits will they, or we, be known by?I think in between Matthew 7:16 and 7:20 as well as Galatians gives part of the answer, if not all of the answer. quote:
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
The text lists the fruit or fruits of the Spirit as follows:
1 - love, 2 - joy, 3 - peace, 4 - longsuffering, 5 - gentleness, 6 - goodness, 7 - faith, 8 - meekness, 9 - temperance.
I suggest we examine each one of the above in relation to the question title of this topic, namely, What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 08:35 PM
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The first one on the list is obviously love!
Why do you suppose the fruit or fruits of the Spirit begins with love?
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 08:39 PM
12/12/03 08:39 PM
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Because God is love God Bless, Will
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 09:01 PM
12/12/03 09:01 PM
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Yes, God is love, but how do we know that God is love?
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 10:09 PM
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Well when God created man he created man in His image, and this would mean the same traits that God had BUT this does not make an individual God. So the characteristics of the indwelling Spirit which result in the Fruit of the Spirit are from God. Am I close?
God Bless, Will
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 10:13 PM
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Yes, but how does God demonstrate that God is love?
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 10:46 PM
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One of the ways He has demonstrated His love for was by giving His only begotten Son to die for us.
God Bless, Will
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 11:16 PM
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Yes, God demonstrated His love for the world as it says in John 3:16. quote:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
That is how we know that God is love.
Now, how else do we know that God is love?
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 11:23 PM
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He does not want any of us to die the death for the wicked, but instead wants us to change. quote:
Ezekiel 33:11 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
God Bless, Will
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Re: What "Their Fruits" Shall They Or We Be Known By?
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12/12/03 11:44 PM
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Yes, and He also wept over the Jerusalem He loved so much! The Jerusalem that rejected His love. Here is another Bible text that demonstrates God's love: quote:
Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 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; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
And who said this and demonstrated this in His own life? Of course, the answer is Jesus, the Son of God.
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Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us! Such love that shows so clearly to us that truly God is love!
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