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1 | The Lord told me to tell you..." ? | 1 Thess 5:20 | DocTrinsograce | 140691 | ||
No arguments with your deductions, Pastor Glenn. Clearly, love is the summum bonum. However, we have to be careful not to divide things up into boxes where they don't belong. The fruit of the Spirit is one "thing" not nine "things." Paul is describing one thing (i.e., fruit of the Spirit) not nine separate "stand-alone" attributes. In other words, you can't just have love and say that you are manifesting 10 percent of the fruit of the Spirit. Still and all, I agree with your inference: If the sheep are manifesting the fruit of the Spirit, who cares about gifts? The gifts will take care of themselves. In Him, Doc |
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2 | The Lord told me to tell you..." ? | 1 Thess 5:20 | Pastor Glenn | 140693 | ||
So Doc, you are saying if one item is missing (joy or peace for instance), then we do not really have the fruit of the spirit? Interesting way to look at it. Your brother in Christ, Pastor Glenn |
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3 | The Lord told me to tell you..." ? | 1 Thess 5:20 | DocTrinsograce | 140760 | ||
Yes, the fruit of the Spirit is a unified characteristic. Of course, that makes sense, can you imagine being loving but unkind, etc.? Of course, there are situations where one might imagine patience being manifested more clearly than joy. The Greek, from what I can tell, does not irrevocably bear me out... (e.g., fruit, fruits, etc.) but I don't know enough about Greek prepositions and participles, etc. In Him, Doc |
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