We are told this in Hebrews 1:9, where it says of Christ, “…your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” In other words, there has never been another above Jesus in joy. Augustine said over 1500 years ago, “There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art.” Jesus was the most joy-filled person ever to live on this planet. That is not natural, but is of the Holy Spirit. 5:16, “Be joyful always.” He does not say ninety per cent of the time, or ninety eight per cent of the time, but always. That is why we need the filling of the Spirit, for we cannot produce this fruit on our own. Joy in hard times is a Christian obligation. John Wesley said, “Sour godliness is the devil’s religion.” Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, that even when Christians are persecuted and slandered, they are to rejoice and be glad for their reward is great in heaven.
#The fruit of the spirit full#
My heart was full of that joy Thou givest to them that love Thee in the midst of their greatest crosses.” Her poetry, which she sang in prison, is still read and sung today, though she died in 171 7. I esteemed them more than all the gaudy brilliance of the world. The stones of my prison looked in my eyes like rubies. I sang songs of joy, while the maid who served me learned by heart as fast as I made them, and we together sang Thy praises, o my God. “I passed my time there in great peace, content to pass the rest of my life there, if such were the will of God. Madam Guyon was thrown into prison in France, and she wrote.
This is not man generated joy, but the joy of the Lord which is our strength. But with the fruit of joy you can rejoice in the Lord always, even when life is full of negatives.
#The fruit of the spirit free#
Anyone can feel good and be happy when all is going well and life is free of negatives. Joy is a feeling that no matter how hard life is, I have the best that life can offer in Christ. Matt 5:6Īccording to author Glenn Pease “Joy is not a positive feeling that life is going great. For blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. If you desire this fruit’s manifestation, then you must hunger and thirst after it. Without the help of the Holy Spirit, no man can rejoice in all situations. It is one of the main purposes of the Christian life, though, to progressively allow the Holy Spirit to produce more and more of His fruit in our lives-and to allow the Holy Spirit to conquer the opposing sinful desires.Joy is not a fruit of the natural man. A Christian will never be completely victorious in always demonstrating the fruits of the Holy Spirit. As Christians, we have the Holy Spirit producing His fruit in us and we have the Holy Spirit’s power available to conquer the acts of the sinful nature (2 Corinthians 5:17 Philippians 4:13). As fallen human beings, we are still trapped in a body that desires sinful things (Romans 7:14-25). The Christian life is a battle of the sinful flesh against the new nature given by Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Our sinful flesh produces certain types of fruit that reflect our nature, and the Holy Spirit produces types of fruit that reflect His nature. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” This passage describes all people, to varying degrees, when they do not know Christ and therefore are not under the influence of the Holy Spirit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is in direct contrast with the acts of the sinful nature in Galatians 5:19-21, “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery idolatry and witchcraft hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
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