Original Power Point Lesson
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Steven J Wallace
The Fruit of the Spirit
Additions of Scriptures and other edits:
Jack Wheeler – Clovis Ca
Email: jack@powerpointstojesus.com
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
“Love-Joy-Peace”
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
“Longsuffering,
Kindness, Goodness
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
“Faithfulness,
Gentleness” (Meek)
Meek – Last lesson extra
• Matthew 5:5 (KJV)
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the
earth.
• Strength brought under control
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
“SELF-CONTROL”
Galatians 5:22-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, SELF-CONTROL, Against such there is
no law.
“Temperance” (KJV)
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
• Used Three times in the New Testament (Text)
• 2 Peter 1:5-9
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; (self-control) and
to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity.
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
• Acts 24:25
And as he reasoned of righteousness,
temperance, (self-control) and judgment to
come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy
way for this time; when I have a convenient
season, I will call for thee.
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
• Proverbs 25:28
He that hath no rule (self-control) over his
own spirit is like a city that is broken down,
and without walls.
• Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the
mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he
that taketh a city.
Defining “Self-Control”
• Greek
– Self-control - the virtue of one who masters
his desires and passions, especially his
sensual appetites.
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT - Control
• 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,
but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may
obtain. 25 And every man that strives for the mastery
is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a
corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I
therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as
one that beats the air: 27 But I keep under my body,
and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others, I myself should be a
castaway.
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT - Control
• Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let
us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
patience the race that is set before us,
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
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.
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
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.
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
2 Samuel 24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely
buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt
offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth
cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor
and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
NO COST- NO SACRIFICE
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
Romans 6:20-21
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were
free from righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye
are now ashamed? for the end of those things is
death.
No Self-control when we are servants of sin
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
Galatians 6:8
8 For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall
of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
No Self-control when one sows to his flesh
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
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.
“your spiritual service of worship”
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
Romans 12:2 (KJV)
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.
Eph 4:23
“And be renewed in the spirit of your mind”
Sacrificial Service & Self-Control
1 Peter 1:14-15
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves
according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation;
No Self-control when one continues in his
former lust
Through God We Can Have A Sound Mind!
2 Timothy 1:6-7
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir
up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on
of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
No Self-control without a sound mind
The War For the Mind & Body
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
The world is after your mind - Self-control
The War For the Mind & Body
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
Gal. 5:19
“. . .adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lewdness. . .”
The War For the Mind & Body
1 John 2:16-17
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of
the Father, but is of the world.
Self-Control of your eyes is a must
The War For the Mind & Body
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
Gal. 5:20, 21 “. . .hatred, contentions,
jealousies, outbursts of wrath. . .dissensions,
heresies. . .”
Grace & Self-Control
Titus 2:11-13
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing
salvation for all people,
12 training us to renounce ungodliness and
worldly passions, and to live self-controlled,
upright, and godly lives in the present age,
13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of
the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Fruit of the Spirit
Is the complete package that displays us as
legitimate sons of God
God creates us to be:
a people elevated in love, joy and courage
a people powerfully good and compassionate
a people who are self-governing, sensible,
dependable and restrained restrained
Fruit of the Spirit
• Romans 6:3-4 , 22
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into
his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
into death: that like as Christ was raised up
from the dead by the glory of the Father, even
so we also should walk in newness of life.
22 But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Call on Jesus
Acts 22:16
And now why tarriest
thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away
thy sins, calling on the
name of the Lord.
Question
Have you
called on
Jesus ?