Scripture Text: Galatians 5
Memory Verse: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. Galatians 5:22-23
Lesson Aim: To provide a summary review of the last 12 lessons on the fruit of the Spirit.
We have spent the last quarter together learning about the impact of the Holy Spirit and the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit. What an incredible contrast between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit! Thank God that we can change by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our efforts to please God and conform to the image of Christ are useless without love. All the other qualities of the Christian walk are rooted in it. Because of God’s love for us and our love to Him and our neighbors, we can experience true joy.
We realize that the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy and the Holy Spirit. Because of God’s peace, we can endure patiently and be gentle and kind. Goodness and faithfulness become the norm because we are growing more like Christ. Lest we should be high-minded, meekness is a virtue that we all need, coupled with temperance (self-control).
The full reflection of the fruit of the Spirit in our lives is a high calling and a great goal for each of us to aspire to. Do you want to manifest real power? Then let the Holy Spirit change you and produce His fruit in you. It will happen only as you strive to grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord.
Interact with God’s Word
- What impact was the Holy Spirit to have on the believers? Acts 1:8
- In what other ways besides talking does the Holy Spirit enable a believer to be a witness for Jesus? Mark 16:15-20; Matthew 5:16, 43-46; John 14:26
- What is the nature of pure love? 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
- According to John 17:13; 15:11, what was Jesus’ desire for His disciples? Upon what is this joy based? John 15:9-10
- What will produce peace in our lives? Romans 5:1; Job 22:21 What is the Gospel called in Romans 10:15, Acts 10:36?
- What can we learn from Paul’s experience and exhortation regarding longsuffering? 2 Corinthians 6:4-6; Colossians 3:12-13; Ephesians 4:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:10-12
- Consider Paul’s admonitions to Timothy and Titus. Why do you think they needed these instructions? 2 Timothy 2:24-25; Titus 3:1-2
- What are some of the ways we can express goodness? Matthew 25:34-46; Luke 6:35; Colossians 3:12-14
- Contrast the behavior and outcomes of the three servants in Matthew 25:14-30. Note how the unprofitable servant was described as wicked.
- What can we do to obtain meekness? Zephaniah 2:3; 1 Timothy 6:11; Colossians 3:12
- How does the grace of God factor impact us in terms of temperance? Titus 2:11-12
- How do we grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior? Romans 10:17; 1 Peter 2:1-2