FAITHFULNESS: A FRUIT OF
THE SPIRIT
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.
24: And they that are
25: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit.
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FAITHFUL = DILIGENT TO SPEND TIME TO KNOW GOD, HIS WAYS, HIS WORD.
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FAITHFULNESS TO OUR CALLING!
MATTHEW 10: 8: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
LUKE 12: 48: But he that
knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few
stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and
to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
> WE USE
WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US FOR ‘HIS GLORY’
> OUR
NATURAL ABILITY DOES NOT DETERMINE OUR USEFULNESS.
> WE
JUST NEED TO LIVE IN
THE PRESENCE OF GOD.......HE HAS THE ABILITY [ANOINTING]
ACTS 17: 28: For in him we live, and move, and
have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For
we are also his offspring.
> GOD
WANTS TO MANIFEST HIMSELF, IN US; HIS CHARACTER, NATURE, GLORY, SPIRIT, FRUIT,
GIFTS, ANOINTING, ETC.
> GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO LIVE INSIDE
US, SO THAT HE COULD RADIATE FROM US TO THE WORLD
>A LIFE
OF TRANSFIGURATION
2: And was transfigured before them: and his face
did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3: And, behold, there appeared unto them
4: Then answered
5: While he yet spake,
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud,
which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased; hear ye him.
6: And when the disciples heard it, they fell on
their face, and were sore afraid.
7: And
8: And when they had lifted up their eyes, they
saw no man, save
9: And as they came down from the mountain,
GOD HAS
NEVER CHANGED HIS WAYS...
1. HE
DESIRES TO TRANSFORM US FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
2. OUR
FAITHFULNESS TO HIM ONLY HELPS THE PROCESS TO PROCEED.
ROMANS 12: 1: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
THE GLORY
OF GOD WILL COME FROM THE INSIDE OF CHRISTIANS [FROM THE INNER MAN] [THE SPIRIT MAN] BY
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
ROMANS 8: 29: For whom he did foreknow, he also
did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
30: Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he
also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified,
them he also glorified.
> GOD
HAS REPRODUCED HIMSELF IN THE BELIEVER SO HE CAN SHOW HIMSELF TO THE WORLD
THROUGH US.
> GOD
DESIRES THAT THE EARTH BE FILLED WITH [HIS PEOPLE] WHO ARE FULL OF [HIS GLORY]
> THE
GLORY WILL NOT FALL ON US, BUT COME OUT OF US.
“BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS
MIGHT”
GOD WILL
FULFILL HIS PLANS...
OUR FAITHFULNESS TO HIM AND TO HIS PLANS ARE FOR OUR OWN GOOD!
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FAITHFUL TO HIM.
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FAITHFUL TO OUR
INDIVIDUAL CALLINGS
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FAITHFUL TO THE WORD OF
GOD.
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FAITHFUL TO THE BODY OF
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FAITHFUL TO THE
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FAITHFUL TO THE LEADING OF THE SPIRIT. AMEN.
God bless you, as you
grow daily in His Word, and Walk In The Spirit.
