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Healing the Impotent Man at Bethesda (Part 1)

“Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.  In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.  For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and […]

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Healing the Nobleman’s Son

“So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.  And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.  When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for […]

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Water into Wine

 “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.  And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.  Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to […]

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Fruit of the Spirit Series

Fruit of the Spirit – Conclusion

 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23 Now that we have gone through the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit individually, we will deal with them collectively.  For each of these characteristics, we have considered the example […]

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Fruit of the Spirit – Temperance

 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23 Although “temperance” is not a word most of us use in our day-to-day speech, it is one with a very important and easily understood meaning.  In short, it refers to the […]

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Fruit of the Spirit – Meekness

 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23 As we come to the end of the list of characteristics Paul gives of the fruit of the Spirit, we find two words which are closely related: meekness and temperance.  For […]

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Fruit of the Spirit – Faith

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23 The best description of faith is the one the Bible gives: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).  In everyday discussion, […]

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Fruit of the Spirit – Goodness

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23  The sixth description of the fruit of the Spirit is “goodness.”  In our daily conversation, we may use words like “good” or “goodness” in a very vague or general way to […]

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Fruit of the Spirit – Gentleness

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23  As we continue our study through the fruit of the Spirit, we come to “gentleness.”  As is the case with each of the other fruits, gentleness stands in striking contrast to […]

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Fruit of the Spirit – Longsuffering

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” -Galatians 5:22-23  The Webster dictionary defines longsuffering as “Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.”  This word is an example of the superior language found in the King […]