Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Leave the Fool to God
Fools consider themselves wise if they have been able to bait others into fights and arguments. They are so foolish that they think they have won something just by making others agitated or angry.
Proverbs 26:4-5 "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes".
Never feed the "beast" by engaging with them. Anger and fights are their food, they live to see drama and hate, even worse they love to turn friends against one another.
Never share your deepest hurts or past forgiven sin with anyone who has proven to be untrustworthy. They will act empathetic to your face but quickly gossip to others to ruin you, even though the sin is past and forgiven by God, they will still act as though it is happening in the present.
Proverbs 22:24-25 "Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare."
It is anger that drives the gossip, anger fostered by the devils that wish to ruin anyone who follows Christ.
Proverbs 16:28 "A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends."
Spreading half-truths and whole lies is candy to those who wish to feel superior to others, often driven by jealousy and envy.
Envy: discontentment and resentment at the blessings of others.
Jealousy: anger that someone has something we don't have, wishing they didn't have it.
When we discover someone is jealous and envious, it is best to remove ourselves to avoid any triggering these people will attempt to cause us to sin, whether in our hearts or openly.
There is only one reason for fools to start fights it is because their jealousy drives them to want us to do something that makes us look bad and them to appear to be a victim.
Do not allow a fool to trigger you into responding in an ungodly manner or to validate them in any way to avoid conflict; silence is the best course of action when in company with a fool.
Do not be triggered, do not validate them, and do not respond.
Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
God can deal with the fool better than we could; leave the fool to God.
Proverbs 26:4-5 "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes".
Never feed the "beast" by engaging with them. Anger and fights are their food, they live to see drama and hate, even worse they love to turn friends against one another.
Proverbs 17:9 "Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends."
Never share your deepest hurts or past forgiven sin with anyone who has proven to be untrustworthy. They will act empathetic to your face but quickly gossip to others to ruin you, even though the sin is past and forgiven by God, they will still act as though it is happening in the present.
Proverbs 22:24-25 "Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare."
It is anger that drives the gossip, anger fostered by the devils that wish to ruin anyone who follows Christ.
Proverbs 16:28 "A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends."
Spreading half-truths and whole lies is candy to those who wish to feel superior to others, often driven by jealousy and envy.
Envy: discontentment and resentment at the blessings of others.
Jealousy: anger that someone has something we don't have, wishing they didn't have it.
When we discover someone is jealous and envious, it is best to remove ourselves to avoid any triggering these people will attempt to cause us to sin, whether in our hearts or openly.
There is only one reason for fools to start fights it is because their jealousy drives them to want us to do something that makes us look bad and them to appear to be a victim.
Do not allow a fool to trigger you into responding in an ungodly manner or to validate them in any way to avoid conflict; silence is the best course of action when in company with a fool.
Do not be triggered, do not validate them, and do not respond.
Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
God can deal with the fool better than we could; leave the fool to God.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The Pressure of the Modern System of Church Gatherings
The pressure of the modern cultural church system is intense and leaves baby Christians to think they must do all the things those more "seasoned" Christians do in attending a large gathering in a building designated as the "holy place."
When Christ changed me into a new creation, I was under the delusion that the way all the other "Evangelicals" did it was the right way, and I sought to be like them, until I prayed for wisdom and truth about everything all the time.
Then the Lord opened my eyes, the more I prayed for wisdom, the more uncomfortable I felt with what I was doing and what my friends were doing, the things they were saying and the ways they were acting were so prideful and superior that it repulsed me.
Matthew 23:15 "… 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are."
There was then, and even much more now, a sense of arrogance in the church gatherings. They preached love but did not demonstrate it the way God wrote about it in His Word.
Correction was disallowed within the gathering if the correction came from an "underling," not the designated "paid-pastor." And, all the other underlings were not to be corrected by one of their peers; the designated paid-pastor was allowed to correct others, at least in the minds of the "underlings."
Even those who had been Christians for many years and followed certain men thought it was arrogant for an "underling" to correct one of their favorite elevated men, educated in a seminary. They used scripture out of context to intimidate the underling from criticizing the elite pastor.
There was and is a sort of idolatry present when a "pastor" walked into the room. Anyone who did not elevate him as special was considered rebellious.
Status for the paid-pastor was and is enormous and raised to the level of "vicar for Christ", at least in their thinking, even if they would deny it, they resented anyone who would correct the designated "Vicar."
When we place any person above Christ, that person is an idol.
Romans 12:16 "
Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation."
There is a sort of specialness by osmosis when someone elevates and associates with the designated exceptional personage. Sadly, this mentality creates pride in the one being elevated; often, they become incensed that anyone would dare challenge them. And all those who follow them are also antagonistic toward the one who desires truth over status.
Everyone has a job in the body of Christ, and everyone is equal; the only elevated One is the Holy Spirit. He alone is to be trusted; everything else anyone says is to be tested through the Word of God.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26
"12 For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
It is mankind in their arrogance who have elevated some spiritual gifts above others. God never did that; all the gifts are from Him for His purposes, and no one was superior to another. Because of this, no part of the body is elevated above another, no part of the body is without need for teaching and correction, edification and discipline.
Those who act as though one gift that comes from God is better than another gift is denying God's purpose in all things.
We ought not to question the purposes of God; we cannot understand all that God is doing, and should be humble enough to admit it.
Isaiah 55:9 "…8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. 9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts."
No man is more special than another, no gift is more special than another, it is only Christ Who is above all!!!!
And, final thought, it seems to me that the most used people mentioned in the Bible were those who were thought of as lesser by their peers. Just saying!
When Christ changed me into a new creation, I was under the delusion that the way all the other "Evangelicals" did it was the right way, and I sought to be like them, until I prayed for wisdom and truth about everything all the time.
Then the Lord opened my eyes, the more I prayed for wisdom, the more uncomfortable I felt with what I was doing and what my friends were doing, the things they were saying and the ways they were acting were so prideful and superior that it repulsed me.
Matthew 23:15 "… 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are."
There was then, and even much more now, a sense of arrogance in the church gatherings. They preached love but did not demonstrate it the way God wrote about it in His Word.
Correction was disallowed within the gathering if the correction came from an "underling," not the designated "paid-pastor." And, all the other underlings were not to be corrected by one of their peers; the designated paid-pastor was allowed to correct others, at least in the minds of the "underlings."
Even those who had been Christians for many years and followed certain men thought it was arrogant for an "underling" to correct one of their favorite elevated men, educated in a seminary. They used scripture out of context to intimidate the underling from criticizing the elite pastor.
There was and is a sort of idolatry present when a "pastor" walked into the room. Anyone who did not elevate him as special was considered rebellious.
Status for the paid-pastor was and is enormous and raised to the level of "vicar for Christ", at least in their thinking, even if they would deny it, they resented anyone who would correct the designated "Vicar."
When we place any person above Christ, that person is an idol.
Romans 12:16 "
Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation."
There is a sort of specialness by osmosis when someone elevates and associates with the designated exceptional personage. Sadly, this mentality creates pride in the one being elevated; often, they become incensed that anyone would dare challenge them. And all those who follow them are also antagonistic toward the one who desires truth over status.
Everyone has a job in the body of Christ, and everyone is equal; the only elevated One is the Holy Spirit. He alone is to be trusted; everything else anyone says is to be tested through the Word of God.
1 Corinthians 12:12-26
"12 For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one part, but many.
14 For the body is not one part, but many.
15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason any less a part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, just as He desired.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 But now there are many parts, but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
23 and those parts of the body which we consider less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable,
24, whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another.
26 And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it."
20 But now there are many parts, but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22 On the contrary, it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
23 and those parts of the body which we consider less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable,
24, whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another.
26 And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it."
It is mankind in their arrogance who have elevated some spiritual gifts above others. God never did that; all the gifts are from Him for His purposes, and no one was superior to another. Because of this, no part of the body is elevated above another, no part of the body is without need for teaching and correction, edification and discipline.
Those who act as though one gift that comes from God is better than another gift is denying God's purpose in all things.
We ought not to question the purposes of God; we cannot understand all that God is doing, and should be humble enough to admit it.
Isaiah 55:9 "…8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. 9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts."
No man is more special than another, no gift is more special than another, it is only Christ Who is above all!!!!
And, final thought, it seems to me that the most used people mentioned in the Bible were those who were thought of as lesser by their peers. Just saying!
No paid man-made hierarchy in the gathering of born-again believers.
Recently, I engaged in a conversation with a sister in Christ. She was concerned that my husband and I were not attending a "church".
Here is what I told her.
"I am a dedicated Christ-born-again believer, which is why I left the unbiblical organized church system. Christ never commanded us to do church the way that system operates."
"He never told us to "go to church." He said Where two or three are gathered in His name, there is He in the midst. According to the Scriptures, we can meet on any day at any time with anyone who is a sibling in Christ."
"Those who are born-again are the church; Our body is the temple, and we worship in Spirit and Truth, not with our bodies or particular places."
"When we study the Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can see how much is wrong with these apostate gatherings. They say some right things, but many things they believe are wrong. And, the denominations are against God's Word."
God told us to agree, which means we seek Christ until we agree according to the Bible. God said we serve Him with our bodies, but we do not engage in man-made rituals that deter us from edifying one another in the Spirit.
The purpose of the gathering is to build one another in the faith so that we become strong enough to share the gospel with the lost and live out our Christianity boldly and unashamedly.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
"11 Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing."
This encouragement is not praise for good deeds done, it is encouragement to keep remaining faithful to God's Word in our walk. Thankfulness that one is walking in good deeds is included but it is not praise to build pride.
Hebrews 3:13
"But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Ephesians 4:29
"Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Romans 14:19
"So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
Definition of Edification: Improvement of the mind and understanding.
Romans 14:19
"19 So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another."
Ephesians 4:14-16 "…14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
Because we love someone, we tell the truth; their response to the truth does not lie with us. When we speak the truth, we do it to help someone continue to obey God or to begin obeying God. It is not done with malice to impress or intimidate anyone; it is done because of our love for them.
Those who are prideful and resistant to correction will misinterpret our motives and come against us because of their pride, not because we did something wrong.
The gathering of believers has become a social club with everyone walking on eggshells, promoting good feelings without important life lessons to grow one another in the faith.
Some Christians are coming out of the organized 501c3 organizations led by men and not by the Holy Spirit because of all the unbiblical and worldly practices and attitudes that go on in them.
Colossians 1:28
"We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ."
All believers proclaim Him, all admonish and teach everyone in all wisdom. The only leader is the Holy Spirit, and those who are designated as shepherds are subject to everyone else in the gathering. No one has authority over anyone else; we are all admonished to speak the truth using the Scriptures.
Here is what I told her.
"I am a dedicated Christ-born-again believer, which is why I left the unbiblical organized church system. Christ never commanded us to do church the way that system operates."
"He never told us to "go to church." He said Where two or three are gathered in His name, there is He in the midst. According to the Scriptures, we can meet on any day at any time with anyone who is a sibling in Christ."
"Those who are born-again are the church; Our body is the temple, and we worship in Spirit and Truth, not with our bodies or particular places."
"When we study the Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can see how much is wrong with these apostate gatherings. They say some right things, but many things they believe are wrong. And, the denominations are against God's Word."
Unquote
God told us to agree, which means we seek Christ until we agree according to the Bible. God said we serve Him with our bodies, but we do not engage in man-made rituals that deter us from edifying one another in the Spirit.
The purpose of the gathering is to build one another in the faith so that we become strong enough to share the gospel with the lost and live out our Christianity boldly and unashamedly.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
"11 Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing."
This encouragement is not praise for good deeds done, it is encouragement to keep remaining faithful to God's Word in our walk. Thankfulness that one is walking in good deeds is included but it is not praise to build pride.
Hebrews 3:13
"But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Ephesians 4:29
"Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Romans 14:19
"So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification."
Definition of Edification: Improvement of the mind and understanding.
Romans 14:19
"19 So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another."
Ephesians 4:14-16 "…14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
16 From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part."
16 From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part."
Because we love someone, we tell the truth; their response to the truth does not lie with us. When we speak the truth, we do it to help someone continue to obey God or to begin obeying God. It is not done with malice to impress or intimidate anyone; it is done because of our love for them.
Those who are prideful and resistant to correction will misinterpret our motives and come against us because of their pride, not because we did something wrong.
The gathering of believers has become a social club with everyone walking on eggshells, promoting good feelings without important life lessons to grow one another in the faith.
Some Christians are coming out of the organized 501c3 organizations led by men and not by the Holy Spirit because of all the unbiblical and worldly practices and attitudes that go on in them.
Colossians 1:28
"We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ."
All believers proclaim Him, all admonish and teach everyone in all wisdom. The only leader is the Holy Spirit, and those who are designated as shepherds are subject to everyone else in the gathering. No one has authority over anyone else; we are all admonished to speak the truth using the Scriptures.
Monday, April 28, 2025
Pretenders and Their Rules
Many pretenders make rules God never made and then treat us as if we were in rebellion when it is they who ignore God to follow their own ways while ignoring the ways of God.
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ "
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ "
Narcissists who Cause Trouble and Blame others for the Result
No one plays the victim better than the one who does the damage.
Ignoring the Bible is the Same as Ignoring Christ
Legalism is following man's rules that God never commanded; obedience to God is obeying His principles and commands. It is not love to say we follow Christ and then ignore His principles; it is the same as ignoring Him.
John 14:15-31
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
The Holy Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever;
17 The Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
19 After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live.
20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.
21 The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.
24 The one who does not love Me does not follow My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you.
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you."
When we live according to Christ's principles and commands, His ways are not burdensome but a blessing. Those who twist the Bible to make it say what they want to believe are walking in disobedience, the opposite of what Christ told us to do, to walk in obedience.
The born-again believer is grieved when they offend God, the pretender who claims to be a Christian but does not obey God is not grieved when they sin, they defend it or deny that it is not sin. They have no love in them and fight against those who authentically love God.
1 John 2:3-5
"By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:"
2 John 1:6
"And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love."
Matthew 22:37-40
"Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ "
Galatians 5:22-23 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Those who love Christ have the fruit of the Spirit and the first character quality of the fruit is Love. All the fruit of the Spirit flows out of that first character trait of Christ, love.
Love encompasses many things: support for doing what is right, discipline for doing what is wrong, and returning a believer to obedience when they fail.
All the demonstrations of love are the foundation for all the rest of the fruit. joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control, all come out of that first quality of Love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth."
Romans 8:6
"The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,"
Colossians 3:12-14
"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity."
James 3:17-18
"But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness."
Hallelujah!!!
John 14:15-31
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
The Holy Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever;
17 The Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
19 After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live.
20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.
21 The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.
24 The one who does not love Me does not follow My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you.
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you."
When we live according to Christ's principles and commands, His ways are not burdensome but a blessing. Those who twist the Bible to make it say what they want to believe are walking in disobedience, the opposite of what Christ told us to do, to walk in obedience.
The born-again believer is grieved when they offend God, the pretender who claims to be a Christian but does not obey God is not grieved when they sin, they defend it or deny that it is not sin. They have no love in them and fight against those who authentically love God.
1 John 2:3-5
"By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:"
2 John 1:6
"And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love."
Matthew 22:37-40
"Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ "
Galatians 5:22-23 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Those who love Christ have the fruit of the Spirit and the first character quality of the fruit is Love. All the fruit of the Spirit flows out of that first character trait of Christ, love.
Love encompasses many things: support for doing what is right, discipline for doing what is wrong, and returning a believer to obedience when they fail.
All the demonstrations of love are the foundation for all the rest of the fruit. joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control, all come out of that first quality of Love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth."
Romans 8:6
"The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,"
Colossians 3:12-14
"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity."
James 3:17-18
"But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness."
Hallelujah!!!
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