The Two Egos By Mikael Howerton

E=mc2!

There are two egos!

The Creator's ego and Satan's ego!

GODS ego is revealed by the fruits of the spirit!

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Against such things there is no law.” (Galatians 5:22-23)

The Greek word translated “fruit”
refers to the natural product of a living thing.

Paul used “fruit” to help us understand the product of the Holy Spirit,
who lives inside every believer.

The fruit of the Spirit is produced by the Spirit,
not by the Christian.

The Greek word is singular, showing that “fruit”
is a unified whole, not independent characteristics.

As we grow, all the characteristics of Christ
will be manifested in our lives.

Yet, like physical fruit needs time to grow,
the fruit of the Spirit will not ripen in our lives overnight.

Like a successful gardener must battle against weeds /thoughts
to enjoy the sweet fruit they desire,
we must constantly work to rid our lives of the “weeds”
or thoughts of our old sin natures
that want to choke out the work of the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit gives us the power we need to reject
those old sinful desires.

We can say “no” to sin and accept the “way out”

God faithfully provides (1 Corinthians 10:13)
by following the Holy Spirit’s leading.

As we give the Spirit more control of our lives,

He begins to do in and through us what only

He can do - to shape us and grow us to look like Jesus

(2 Corinthians 3:17-18).

Since God’s goal for all His children is for us to be like Jesus
(Romans 8:29), the Holy Spirit constantly works
to rid our lives of the “acts of the sinful nature” (Gal 5:19)
and display His fruit instead.

Therefore, the presence of the “fruit of the Spirit”
is evidence that our character is becoming more like Christ’s.Love

True, biblical love is a choice, not a feeling.

It deliberately expresses itself in loving ways
and always seeks the welfare of others.

Biblical love is dependent on the giver’s character,
not emotion.

For instance, a mature believer demonstrating love
will not exercise his or her freedom if that action
might harm another Christian in some way.

Rather than risking the possibility of causing the immature Christian
to question and stumble, the mature believer will not exercise
his freedom out of love for his brother (Romans 14:1-15).

Love chooses to set aside one’s own preferences,
desires, and sometimes even needs
to put the other person first (Philippians 2:1-3).

~ Mikael Howerton

 

posted by: Mikael Howerton