Opening Prayer - Heavenly Father, we thank you for the oppertunity to worship your Son this morning. We know that if He hadn't died on the cross for our sins and arose from the dead, we would have no way to have a future home in Heaven or the privilage of worshiping Him this morning. Please bless us indeed and give us the strength and wisdom to live the way the Bible says we should live. We pray that everyone who reads this sermon who are not saved will become saved before it is too late. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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The Fruits of The Spirit
(Galatians 5:22,23)
A Christian is someone who follows (immitates and obeys) Christ. A major part of immitating Jesus is acting and thinking like Jesus did when He was in certain situations. If you are really going to heaven when you leave this world, you should be able to live the way Galatians 5:22-23 say more and more overtime -
Galatians 5:22,23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is
love (when you come across someone and put their needs (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, financial) above yours, and be willing to die in order to protect or help someone who is different from you or even your enemy),
joy (You should be happy all the time because you know that you are saved. You should even be happy when horrible things happen to you because you know that your life on earth is not going to last forever.),
peace (You should know for sure that you are saved, even if you’re going through horrible trials.),
longsuffering (You should have the ability to not give up following Jesus (For instructions on how to follow Jesus, see http://chriswaug5.wix.com/chap39) when things in life and people are difficult. Longsuffering is also seen in every day examples like not getting mad or flustered while waiting on someone because you are ready to leave to go somewhere.),
gentleness (You should show tenderness, polite and soft manners, calm actions, and not have a bad temper.),
goodness (You should avoid sinning, and help those who have problems that you come across.),
faith (People should “depend” on you. For example, people should depend on you to come to church regularly, help those in need, pray for others regulary, and do other things for the Lord regularly.),
Meekness (You should be able to avoid sinning when people say and do mean things to you. Instead, you should ask God to bless them and not have a desire to retaliate. Your old nature may have been rude to the person who was rude to you, but now that you are meek, that doesn't happen as much. You shouldn't worry about retaliating because Job 13:5 says "O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom." God will take up for you and fight your battles for you.),
temperance (You should be able to control yourself. You shouldn’t let anger, lust, entertainment that doesn’t involve God (see chapter 23 of this website - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com), or over eating be a part of your life. Instead of things like these taking over your time, thoughts, and energy, you should spend your time, thoughts, and energy following Jesus (for instructions on how to follow Jesus, see http://chriswaug5.wix.com/chap39).): against such there is no law."
In conclusion, if you have prayed or made a decision to trust Jesus' death on the cross and His shed blood to erase your sins and let you into Heaven, but you haven't been living these ways, please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/makingsure
If you have prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, but you are not sure that you are really a Christian (Hebrews 11:6, Matthew 21:18-22, 1 John 5:14, and Hebrews 11:1), you need to be sure - please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven
If you have never prayed or made a decision to trust Jesus' death on the cross and His shed blood to erase your sins and let you into Heaven, please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven