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*Fruit of the Spirit – Jeremiah 17:7-10; Galatians 5:16-25; Matthew 7:13-21*
*Black and white*
· Far less /grey/ than would be comfortable!
o life led by the *Spirit* ~/ by the *flesh*
o *narrow* ~/ *wide* gates
o *true* ~/ *false* prophets
o *good* ~/ *bad* fruit
· Faced with these options, we want to know where */we/* stand!
o “not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord…’” *(v21)*
· Both /Jesus/ and /Paul/ tell us that the *sign* is the *fruit we produce*
*Get through the narrow gate*
· Action hero!
o potholing
§ biggest and bravest rugby lads suddenly struck with fear
§ narrow ways can *terrify* us!
· More *difficult* route
o /‘the Hill of Repent’/
§ awful grammar, but the meaning was clear!
o *what’s difficult* about accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour*?*
§ receiving love, forgiveness, life, hope, gifts, future…
o it’s a narrow gate because *we built the wall* it goes through
§ having put *ourselves* in *God’s place*, it’s hard to *climb off the throne*
§ *humility* & *repentance*
§ accepting God’s grace
*Produce good fruit*
· The fruit is *singular*
o we *can’t pick and choose* which we will and won’t produce
§ love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control
o doesn’t come as a result of *our* own *effort*
§ “Bear fruit!
Bear fruit!
Bear fruit!”
o vine and branches *(John 15)*
§ *soil* and *water*
· Psalm 1?
· Fruit of the *Spirit*
o who lives within us, *moulds* and *shapes* us; *changes* us
o /willingness to be changed/
o taking the opportunities we are given!
§ “Do it to me now, Lord!”
· The fruit we produce and the path we have chosen are not inextricably linked
o we go through seasons of fruitfulness (sometimes different seasons within the same hour!)
§ keep in step with the Spirit *(Galatians v25)*
o once we have gone through the gate there’s no going back
§ Jesus walks with us – we belong to Him *(v24)*
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§ the Holy Spirit warns us of bad fruit that we may be offered
· different Gospel is no gospel at all
· keep ourselves fed and watered
o time with God and in His Word
*Conclusion*
· Making sure we are through the narrow gate
· Being open to bearing good fruit
· What counts is choosing Jesus and being filled with the Spirit as we walk home to the Father
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