FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT:
LONGSUFFERING
Pastor Dawn Marie Berry, Washington
22 But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no
law.
THE GREEK WORD FOR THE FRUIT OF LONGSUFFERING IS TRANSLATED, “LONG-TEMPERED,
ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING THROUGH AND NEVER GIVE UP.”
LONGSUFFERING DEALS WITH MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, IT IS THE BASIS
FOR THE FOLLOWING.
LONGSUFFERING IS THE BASIS FOR FORGIVENESS.
Prov
LONGSUFFERING IS THE BASIS FOR HUMILITY.
Eccl
7:8 The end of a thing is better than it’s beginning;
the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
LONGSUFFERING IS THE FOUNDATION OF FELLOWSHIP.
Prov
contention.
LONGSUFFERING IS THE BASIS OF ALL GOOD PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
Prov
25:15 By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, and a
gentle tongue breaks a bone.
LONGSUFFERING IS THE BASIS OF ALL TRUE WISDOM.
Prov
LONGSUFFERING IS THE BASIS OF TRUE POWER.
Prov
LONGSUFFERING IS MARKED BY PATIENCE, AND LONG LASTING ENDURANCE.
WE CANNOT HAVE LONGSUFFERING FOR OTHERS UNTIL WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE
LONGSUFFERING OF GOD.
WHEN FORGIVEN BY
Col
3:12-13 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender
mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another,
and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as
Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
HUMAN PATIENCE AND LONGSUFFERING WEARS OUT, BUT THE LONGSUFFERING THAT PROCEEDS
FROM THE SPIRIT IS ETERNAL.
Col 1:9-12 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to
pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may have a walk worthy of
the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing
in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father
who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the
light.
GOD NEVER GIVES UP, BUT KEEPS THE
2 Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
LONGSUFFERING ALWAYS HOPES FOR THE BEST, IT DOESN’T CONDEMN.
2
LONGSUFFERING IS OUR JOB ASSIGNED TO US BY GOD HIMSELF.
Eph
4:1-3 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the
calling, with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with
longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the
unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
