the fruit of the spirit is goodness
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Tabitha and Barnabas remind us that the essence of goodness is generosity, going beyond what is just and not being begrudging. Being a child of God compels us to do more than is expected.TRANSCRIPT
FruitThe ofSpirittheGalatians 5.22-24
GOODNESS
Tabithafull of good worksacts of charity
Tabithafull of good worksacts of charity
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Barnabas
a good man
Barnabas
a good man
He was generous.
Barnabas
a good man
He was encouraging.
Barnabas
a good man
He was generous.
“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, GOODNESS, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control”
Galatians 5.22-23CB NT p. 334
“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of
power, the will to power, power itself in
man.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.”
—George Orwell
What isgoodness?
“uprightness of heart and life, goodness, kindness”
— Thayer
“useful, pleasant, excellent, honorable”
— Thayer
“denotes excellence”
— Theological Dictionaryof the New Testament
Goodness and Justice
Goodness and Justice
“For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though for a good person one would dare even to die”
— Romans 5.7
Goodness and Justice
“For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though for a good person one would dare even to die”
— Romans 5.7
Goodness and Justice
“For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though for a good person one would dare even to die”
— Romans 5.7
Goodness and Justice
“For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though for a good person one would dare even to die”
— Romans 5.7
Goodness and Evil
Goodness and Evil
“Or is your eye evil, because I am good?”
— Matthew 20.15 (ASV)
Goodness and Evil
“He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches”
— Proverbs 28.22 (ASV)
Excellence
“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return”
— Luke 6.35
What isgoodness?
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
— Ephesians 2.10
“that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
— 2 Timothy 3.17
“not a result of works.”
— Ephesians 2.9
Will today be the day you decide to
go to heaven?
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The Fruit of the Spirit
#07
Goodness
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart2 May, 2010
Las Cruces, NMwww.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: Tabitha and Barnabas remind us that the essenxe of goodness is generosity, going beyond what is just and not being begrudging. Being a child of God compells us to do more than is expected.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”