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Series –

The Fruit Of The Spirit
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Articles in this Series
The Fruit of the Spirit is
How soon autumn comes upon us. To some of us who are older, this rings true of life as we realize that we ourselves are now in the autumn of life. What kind of memories do past autumns hold for us? Fo…
Bernard Osborne
2004 Volume 59 Issue 4
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Love
Paul’s introduction to his great hymn of love in 1 Corinthians chapter 13 is very searching. Basically it is as follows: 1. ‘If I have not love’- I have nothing. 2. ‘If I have not love’- I am nothing.…
Bernard Osborne
2005 Volume 60 Issue 1
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy
‘Good tidings of great joy’. That is how the angel described the message he brought. It concerned the coming into this scene of the Redeemer, or, as the angel continued, ‘a Saviour, which is Christ th…
Bernard Osborne
2005 Volume 60 Issue 2
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Peace
Gal. 5. 22-23 ‘Peace on earth, goodwill to all men’. That was the message of the angels to the shepherds at Bethlehem. But the coming of Jesus did not bring peace on earth and wars have raged througho…
Bernard Osborne
2005 Volume 60 Issue 3
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Longsuffering Gentleness …
This article is the fifth part of a series of studies on the fruit of the Spirit.Gal. 5. 22-23 The fruit of the Spirit is … long suffering he next three facets of the fruit of the Spirit are manward: …
Bernard Osborne
2005 Volume 60 Issue 4
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Goodness
This article is the sixth part of a series of studies on the fruit of the Spirit. Gal. 5. 22-23 God is essentially and totally good. ‘O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good’, sang the psalmist, …
Bernard Osborne
2006 Volume 61 Issue 1
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith
Gal. 5. 22-23 This article is the seventh part of a series of studies on the fruit of the Spirit. Faith is not used here in its theological sense of belief in God. Rather it is fidelity, or trustwort…
Bernard Osborne
2006 Volume 61 Issue 2
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness
This has been defined by TRENCH and VINE as ‘an inwrought grace of the mind’ (TRENCH - ‘soul’). It is translated ‘gentleness’ by RSV and NEB. It has connotations of goodness and generosity. It is subm…
Bernard Osborne
2006 Volume 61 Issue 3
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit is Self control
Gal. 5. 22-23 This article is the final part in this interesting series on the fruit of the Spirit. Temperance, self-control, the noun is found only three times in our New Testament, Acts 24. 25; Gal.…
Bernard Osborne
2006 Volume 61 Issue 4
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit – Part 1 – The Character Developed in the Believer
Fruit – that which is produced externally from a life source within a plant or being. So too with the believer, having been sealed and indwelt by the Spirit of God, should be giving evidence of spirit…
Fred Whitelock
2017 Volume 72 Issue 2
Exposition
The Fruit of the Spirit – The Character Developed in the Believer – Galatians 5. 22-23
Longsuffering It is at this point that we find the next three ‘fruits’ primarily centred in the direction of our fellow men. This particular fruit of the Spirit carries the thought of being long-patie…
Fred Whitelock
2017 Volume 72 Issue 3
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