Gifts and Fruit
Peace from the Holy Spirit
Fruits of the Spirit in Our Finances – Love, Joy, Peace, and Patience
Is there a relationship between the fruit of the Spirit and your finances? Looking at Galatians 5:22-23 this article shows how love, joy, peace, and patience relate to your finances.
Fruits of the Spirit in Our Finances – Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control
Is there a relationship between the fruit of the Spirit and your finances? Looking at Galatians 5:22-23 this article shows how kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control relate to your finances.
A Fruit to Be Tasted
Galatians 5:22-23 – The Fruit of the Spirit Manifest in Our Lives
Galatians 5:18-26
This article offers some expository notes on Galatians 5:18-26.
Galatians 5:10-18
This article offers some expository notes on Galatians 5:10-18.
Galatians 5:1-9
This article offers some expository notes on Galatians 5:1-9.
Temperance
Meekness
Faithfulness
Goodness
Gentleness
Longsuffering
Peace Peace is Precious, External, Available, Challenged, and Evident
Joy
Love
The Rhetorical Strategy of Galatians 4:21-5:1
This article contends that many misunderstandings of Paul's use of allegory in Galatians 4:21-Galatians 5:1 are the result of Paul's argumentative strategy. Perriman suggests that the allegory is meant only to show the applicability of the command to throw out the slave woman and her son to the Galatian situation.
Galatians 5:22-23 – What Makes Them the Fruit of the Spirit?
This article gives thought to what makes the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22, 23 what they are. What separates the believer from an unbeliever who displays many of these fruit?
Does the Christian Have "Flesh" in Galatians 5:1-26?
How should we understand the use of "flesh" (Greek, sarx) and "spirit" (Greek, pneuma) in Galatians 5:1-26? Is it the description of an internal human duality in a Christian? This article wants to reconsider the widespread understanding of Paul's use of the "sarx"/"pneuma" antithesis in Galatians 5-Galatians 6.
The Old Testament Background of Paul's Reference to "the Fruit of the Spirit" in Galatians 5:22
"The fruit of the Spirit" in Galatians 5:22 appears to be a general allusion to Isaiah's promise that the Holy Spirit would bring about abundant fertility in the coming new age. Isaiah's repeated prophecies (especially Isaiah 32 and, above all, Isaiah 57) that in the new creation the Spirit would he the bearer of plentiful fruitfulness, are at the forefront of Paul's usage.
Characteristics of the Christian (1): Wouldn’t Badges Be Easier?
What marks a true Christian is not necessarily what we see on the outside. A Christian is marked by the work of the Holy Spirit, who produces the fruit of Galatians 5:22-23.
Cultivating Christian Character (Part 1)
This article is the first in a trilogy discussing Galatians 5:22-23 and cultivating Christian character. The Bible shows that we must develop all of the fruit of the Spirit. This is done through the light of Scripture and through God's work in us.
Cultivating Christian Character (Part 2)
This article is the second in a trilogy discussing Galatians 5:22-23 and the fruit of the Spirit. The author explains that the fruit needs to be evident, such that our lives are consistent with our message, for the sake of integrity. He discusses what exactly is the fruit of the Spirit is, as both the product and proof of regeneration. Every individual in this life produces fruit, either good or bad.
Cultivating Christian Character (Part 3)
This article is the third in a trilogy discussing Galatians 5:22-23 and cultivating Christian character. Christian character can be developed only when one understands the character of God, and only when the Holy Spirit works in our lives to make us bear the fruit of the Spirit.
Led by the Spirit
Looking at Galatians 5:18-21, this article shows that a Christian life is a life which is led by the Spirit. Being led by the Spirit presupposes regeneration, and it involves fighting the flesh and living under the truth of the gospel.
The Fruit of the Spirit (5): Patience
This article is about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), focusing on the fruit of patience.
The Fruit of the Spirit (4): Peace
This article is about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), focusing on the fruit of peace.
The Fruit of the Spirit (3): Joy
This article is about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), focusing on the fruit of joy.
The Fruit of the Spirit (2): Love
This article is about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), focusing on the fruit of love.
The Fruit of the Spirit (1): Walk by the Spirit
This article is about the fruit of the Spirit described in Galatians 5:22 in relation to Christian morality.