May lesson series at Highland Heights on the #relentlesspursuit of the fruit of the spirit by Wayne Cornwell

2. These Fruits Aren’t Fruits
Sunday May 5, a.m. worship

3. Galatians 5:22,23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no
law.

4. The Fruit of the Spirit Song
The fruit of the Spirit is not a coconut (banana,
watermelon, lemon, cherry, grape)
The fruit of the Spirit is not a coconut
If you want to be a coconut, you might as well hear it;
you can’t be a fruit of the Spirit!
‘Cause the fruit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

5. These Fruits Aren’t Fruits
 First notice that it is presented in the
singular form - “fruit”.

6. Galatians 5:22,23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no
law.

7. These Fruits Aren’t Fruits
 First notice that it is presented in the
singular form - “fruit”.
 Does this mean that it is an
indivisible cluster?

8. Galatians 5:22,23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no
law.

9. 2Peter 1:5-7
5 But also for this very reason, giving all
diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue
knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to
self-control perseverance, to perseverance
godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness,
and to brotherly kindness love.

10. These Fruits Aren’t Fruits
Paul’s Fruit Peter’s Additions to Faith
• Love
• Joy
• Peace
• Patience
• Kindness
• Goodness
• Faithfulness
• Gentleness
• Self-Control
• Virtue
• Knowledge
• Self-Control
• Perseverance
• Godliness
• Brotherly Kindness
• Love

11. These Fruits Aren’t Fruits
 First notice that it is presented in the
singular form - “fruit”.
 Does this mean that it is an
indivisible cluster? No
 How are we known to be “good”?

12. Luke 6:43-44
43 “For a good tree does not bear bad
fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good
fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its
own fruit. For men do not gather figs
from thorns, nor do they gather grapes
from a bramble bush.

13. John 13:35
By this all will know that you are My
disciples, if you have love for one
another.

14. 1John 4:12,13
12 No one has seen God at any time. If
we love one another, God abides in us,
and His love has been perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we abide in
Him, and He in us, because He has
given us of His Spirit.

15. These Fruits Aren’t Fruits
 First notice that it is presented in the
singular form - “fruit”.
 Does this mean that it is an indivisible
cluster? No
 How are we known to be “good”?
 Could the fruit of the Spirit be love?

16. Galatians 5:22,23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no
law.

17. 1John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If
we love one another, God abides in
us, and His love has been
perfected in us.

18. But the fruit of the Spirit is love …
“Joy is love singing, peace is love resting,
patience is love enduring, kindness is love
sharing, goodness is love’s character,
faithfulness is love’s habit, gentleness is
love’s touch, and self-control is love in
charge.”

19. 1Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does
not envy; love does not parade itself, is
not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely,
does not seek its own, is not provoked,
thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things.

20. These Fruits Aren’t Fruits
 First notice that it is presented in the
singular form - “fruit”.
 Does this mean that it is an indivisible
cluster? No
 How are we known to be “good”?
 Could the fruit of the Spirit be love?

21. #relen lesspursuit