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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

August 23, 2021Uncategorized1 john, 1 Peter, 2 John, 2 peter, 3 John, bad deed, bad deeds, Christ, circumstances, deed, deeds, desires, Deuteronomy, Ephesians, Exodus, Ezekiel, faithfulness, forbearance, fruit of the spirit, Galatians, generosity, gentleness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, good deed, good deeds, Goodness, happiness, harmony, Hebrews, humility, Isaiah, James, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, joy, kindness, love, Luke, Matthew, meekness, nehemiah, new testament, Old Testament, outward, paul, peace, peter, Proverbs, relationships, reliability, Romans, sacrifical, self-control, severely, Sinful, spirit, Titus, tried, trustworhiness, victory, Zechariahabarkley8

The aspects of the fruit of the Spirit advocated by Paul in Galatians 5:22-23 occur not only here but also elsewhere in the Scriptures. Most of the attributes are those by which God himself lives.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (SOAP, SOBER)

September 29, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 Peter, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 peter, 2 Thessalonians, 2 Timothy, alikali, body, burning, clean, cleaner, cleaning body, clothes, definition, definition of the day, definitions, employed, jeremiah, judgmetn, KJV, Malachi, mixing, moral, Near East, oil, olive oil, people, plants, pound clothes, right mind, rock, rocks, salt, scant, self-control, seriousness, soap, sober, sound moral, Titus, wash, washing, wetabarkley8

SOAP – Cleaner made by mixing olive oil and alikali from burning certain salt-producing plants. It was used of washing the body (Jer 2:22) and of washing clothes (Mal 3:2). Perhaps the scant references to soap are due to the fact that people in the Near East use oil for cleansing the body and pound clothes on rocks while wet to cleanse them.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (1 TIMOTHY 3:1-6) LEADERS OF THE CHURCH

December 11, 2018Uncategorized1 Timothy, Able, be, elder, family, gentle, God's Church, Holy Bible, honorable, Kids Application Bible, leaders in the church, lover of money, loving, must, novice, obey, peace, respect, self-control, sober minded, teach, to, wifeabarkley8

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This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach.
Not given to wine, no stirker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous:

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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT (GAL 5:22-23)

October 13, 2017Uncategorized1 john, 1 Peter, anger, bad fruit, Colossians, deceit, drunkenness, envy, Ephesians, faithfulness, filthy language, fruit, fruit of the spirit, Galatians, gentleness, Goodness, greed, hatred, Hebrews, James, jealousy, Jesus Christ, joy, kindness, love, Lust, malice, Matthew, patience, peace, philippians, Proverbs, revelation, self-control, sexual immorality, slander, Titusabarkley8

LOVE – Seeks the highest good of others: Love is not based on emotions or feelings. it is a decision to be committed to the well being of others without any conditions or circumstances.

GREEK WORD FOR LOVE: agape (ah-gah-pey)

SCRIPTURES: 1 John 4: 7-12

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