The fruits of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

If every human on the planet earth treated every other human on the planet FAITHFULLY with LOVE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, GENTLENESS and SELF-CONTROL our planet would be filled PEACE and JOY.

True.........but then, what would all the folks on the BDF do?

Fair point.

Now...how do you propose that we go about getting everybody on the planet to do so?

Well said.

Jesus is gonna handle it for us.

Romans 8:9a,11 -

"9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. [...]
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11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken [*G2227 - zoopoiesei] your mortal bodies [<--the ones we still live in! in the here and now!] by [means of] his Spirit that dwelleth in you."


*G2227 - zoopoiesei/zóopoieó - "vitalize, enliven, animate, empower with divine life"


[IOW, this is only possible for believers/saints/the redeemed/the saved/those "in Christ" (i.e. those having the Spirit)]

what is BDF?

We all will when GOD's Kingdom comes and GOD's will is done on earth as it is in Heaven, we here just need a little patience please LOVE is the answer.

Bicker and Debate Forum, aka Bible Discussion Forum.

LocoPony got close, and you're getting close.

The answer I was seeking is "The Holy Spirit does it in the heart of the believer; it's not by our own efforts."

Well said.

that's soooo sad, true when it comes to discussing different religious view points, but still very sad