EPISODE 134: BE FRUITFUL SERIES INTRO

Just a few notes from this week’s episode!

Works of the Flesh (The Message Translation):

“Repetitive, loveless, cheap sex;

A stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage;

Frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness;

Trinket gods;

Magic-show religion;

Paranoid loneliness;

Cutthroat competition;

All-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants;

A brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved;

Divided homes and divided lives;

Small-minded and lopsided pursuits;

The vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival;

Uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions;

Ugly parodies of community.

I could go on.” – Paul (Galatians 5:19-22)

The difference between works of the flesh and fruits of the spirit:

WORKS OF THE FLESH	FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
Sexual immorality	Love
Impurity and debauchery	Joy
Idolatry and witchcraft	Peace
Hatred	Patience
Discord	Kindness
Jealousy	Goodness
Fits of rage	Faithfulness
Selfish ambition	Gentleness
Dissensions	Self-Control
Factions and envy
Drunkenness
Orgies

What Jesus has to say about being fruitful:

“You will recognize them by their fruits. You don’t find sweet, delicious grapes growing on thorny bushes, do you? You don’t find delectable figs growing in the midst of prickly thistles. People and their lives are like trees. Good trees bear beautiful, tasty fruit, but bad trees bear ugly, bitter fruit.  A good tree cannot bear ugly, bitter fruit; nor can a bad tree bear fruit that is beautiful and tasty… When a prophet comes to you and preaches this or that, look for his fruits: sweet or sour? rotten or ripe?” (Matthew 7:16-20)

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