- Love
- Joy
- Response to events
- Motivates to action
- II Corinthians 8:2
- III John 1:4 – This should be the greatest joy from our children.
- Peace
- Freedom from disturbance, fighting, or war.
- In spite of circumstances.
- Takes effort.
- Hand in hand with unity.
- Protects us.
- Patience
- Enduring in anticipation of a preferred outcome.
- Undergirded by faith.
- Kindness
- Also, gentleness
- Allied with grace, compassion, humility, patience, tolerance.
- Contrast to severity
- Goodness
- Doing what is pleasing to the Lord
- With righteousness and truth.
- Faithfulness
- Love believes all things
- Faith can be seen, works through love.
- Faith toward God, holding to THE faith.
- Gentleness
- Meekness, humility, as seen in Jesus
- Not just for wives!
- Contrasted with a rod, boldness
- Restore one caught in trespass with gentleness.
- Self-control
- In power / strength / might / dominion
- Luke 1:51; Ephesians 6:10; I Peter 4:11 – ascribed to Jesus
- Having power over self
- One who demands every whim be fulfilled is not strong, but lead by desires in weakness.
- In power / strength / might / dominion
JS
December 18, 2016
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