Please share from the scriptures and your own personal experiences about faith, works and the fruit of the Spirit. Although Christians have a certain amount of freedom to follow alternative beliefs and doctrines, we do not have freedom relative to the fruitage of the Spirit. Some considerations to help guide us are as follows:
· Why do our works identify if our faith is genuine or not? (James 2:20)
· Is it possible to have an intellectual faith yet have no fruit? (James 2:14)
· Why do the fruits of the Spirit demonstrate whether we are really followers of Christ or not? (Galatians 5:25)
There is a reason why God told us to pay attention to the qualities and attitudes exhibited through His blessings. The fruitage of the Spirit is our litmus test… it shows whether we are genuine wool or synthetic wool; whether we are sheep or goats, whether we are wheat or weeds. We can be wrong in our theology and still be spiritually right with God… We can be right in our theology and be spiritually wrong with God.
"Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves." (2 Corinthians 13:5)
This is a way to determine whether we have the faith, or whether we have lost the plot...
God Bless
Steve
· Why do our works identify if our faith is genuine or not? (James 2:20)
· Is it possible to have an intellectual faith yet have no fruit? (James 2:14)
· Why do the fruits of the Spirit demonstrate whether we are really followers of Christ or not? (Galatians 5:25)
There is a reason why God told us to pay attention to the qualities and attitudes exhibited through His blessings. The fruitage of the Spirit is our litmus test… it shows whether we are genuine wool or synthetic wool; whether we are sheep or goats, whether we are wheat or weeds. We can be wrong in our theology and still be spiritually right with God… We can be right in our theology and be spiritually wrong with God.
"Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves." (2 Corinthians 13:5)
This is a way to determine whether we have the faith, or whether we have lost the plot...
God Bless
Steve