Faithfulness (6 of 8)
Series: Fruition
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 25:14-30
We are taking this fall to walk through the famous New Testament teaching on the Fruit of the Spirit. According to that teaching in Galatians chapter 5, there are basically two ways we can live: we can be driven by the flesh or we can be driven by the Holy Spirit. Living by the flesh is what comes naturally, and it comes out as envy and anger and selfishness and sexual immorality and all kinds of things that might feel good at the moment, but ultimately they destroy relationships and make us miserable. Living by the Spirit comes out as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. It’s a beautiful vision for life! But living that way requires supernatural help.
In other words,
The pull of sin is strong
But the living Christ is stronger
So open yourself to his Spirit
And you will bear his fruit
So this series is all about learning to open ourselves to the Spirit of Jesus—the Holy Spirit—so that we actually become more and more like him.
So today we come to the seventh fruit, which is faithfulness. And I’m going to jump right into today’s Scripture. Matthew 25, starting in verse 14. Let’s hear the Word of God….
14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me wit ...
Series: Fruition
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 25:14-30
We are taking this fall to walk through the famous New Testament teaching on the Fruit of the Spirit. According to that teaching in Galatians chapter 5, there are basically two ways we can live: we can be driven by the flesh or we can be driven by the Holy Spirit. Living by the flesh is what comes naturally, and it comes out as envy and anger and selfishness and sexual immorality and all kinds of things that might feel good at the moment, but ultimately they destroy relationships and make us miserable. Living by the Spirit comes out as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. It’s a beautiful vision for life! But living that way requires supernatural help.
In other words,
The pull of sin is strong
But the living Christ is stronger
So open yourself to his Spirit
And you will bear his fruit
So this series is all about learning to open ourselves to the Spirit of Jesus—the Holy Spirit—so that we actually become more and more like him.
So today we come to the seventh fruit, which is faithfulness. And I’m going to jump right into today’s Scripture. Matthew 25, starting in verse 14. Let’s hear the Word of God….
14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me wit ...
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