But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Gal 5:22
probably not as much as i should to be honest
Yes you do! You are very humble and have a beautiful spirit.
Not for everyone. Great that you have these traits!
Aren't we all like that ha,ha...
I haven't seen him at the farmer's market.
ha,ha....
Not hardly. I have to work on it myself. From threads on here and answerbag, I would say others need to work on it as well. I've offended people and then they have gone on to other threads making taunts against JW's in retaliation.
Retaliation is NOT loving and terrible. I am so sorry that happened to you. However I must speak the truth about JW, I believe Jehovah's Witness is another religion, not Christian, because they don't believe in the trinity. Once we are born again then we have an earnest desire to do Gods will, even if it costs us and we have a love for humanity, even those who hate us. All I want is to please God.
Fruits of the Holy Spirit?
Is that some sort of gay Christian organization?....;-D...
Ha, ha ... but in all reality when you repent of your sins, and put all of your trust in God and realize that Jesus took all your sins on his shoulders then the Holy Spirit comes into your heart, and your character changes. Then you are born into the family of God because you become his child. All your sins are washed away. When Jesus comes back you will not be punished for any sins at all and you will live in heaven forever. These "fruits" are part of your new character traits.. Many call themselves Christian but if they are not loving they aren't really Christian. "You shall know them by their fruits"
Sorry, you'll have to give me a more literal description of how the process works. Great heaping piles of metaphor simply leave me confused and suspicious.
No one really knows how because the action is Gods not ours. It is a miracle. But we have to analyze if we have these traits if we say we belong to God. True Christian's have these traits and they sincerely want to do Gods will, not their own. How does it work?
It starts by God drawing you, then you hear God's words, then you repent to God (we are all sinners, everyone) and acknowledge that Jesus is God's Son, then God saves you. Then you are a new person. Yep, that's how!.
" For it is by grace you are saved ,through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift from God." Eph. 2:8.
" acknowledge that Jesus is God's Son, then God saves you"
Interesting. I openly acknowledge that Jesus is God's Son yet you say I am not Christian because I don't believe in the trinity.
Just because you say something, doesn't necessarily mean that you are saved, The action is God's so only He changes the heart, opens the eyes so you can see. However I hope and pray you are saved, I sincerely do, even if we disagree who God is.
They are there for the taking but most people don't accept the gift because they don't know the value.
A bit odd that you claim to believe in the Bible yet you believe that God is a trinity while Bible writers wrote that there are many gods but only one true God, the Father. Even Jesus said that the Father is the only true God. This is so simple and clear:
(John 17:1-3) Jesus spoke these things, and raising his eyes to heaven, he said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son so that your son may glorify you, 2 just as you have given him authority over all flesh, so that he may give everlasting life to all those whom you have given to him. 3 This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 8:5, 6) For even though there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” 6 there is actually to us one God, the Father, from whom all things are and we for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and we through him.
(1 Corinthians 11:3) But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn, the head of a woman is the man; in turn, the head of the Christ is God.
Deal with the above scriptures this time rather than brushing them under the rug. Does the trinity doctrine say that the Father is the only true God?
