VOP 2022: March 27, 2022 - Fruit of the Spirit before the Gift “Holy Spirit”

VOP 2022: March 27, 2022 Fruit of the Spirit before the Gift “Holy Spirit” So many people are eager to receive the “Gift” of The Holy Spirit more than the “Fruit”. Although both are important, preference must be given to the Fruit first, then the Gift will follow. The gifts and callings of God are without repentance. This means God can show case His power through any Vessel He chooses for His glory and by reason of His Sovereignty. What He (God) is interested in is our availability. This is why it is said that He uses the foolish things of the world to confound and even dumbfound the wise. For example, God can work miracles through the hands of an unbeliever, if that is the person available to meet a desperate need of His Children. It is a mystery, but clearly explains why Jesus Christ died for all. However, a believer in Him Has added benefit of knowing His ways and more details than an unbeliever. Therefore, the fruit of the Spirit is more important than the gift because there are people than perform what appears to the world as miracles. Pharaoh did signs and wonders, though inferior. Some were deceived are are still deceived by fake signs and wonders. Let us desire to walk in the Spirit and manifest the fruit of the Spirit especially love. When we have love, God can trust us more with His gifts, especially for edification of the body. Prayer: Oh Lord help me to thirst and hunger more after righteousness so that I will be filled with the Holy Spirit and manifest the fruit of the Spirit in Jesus’ name, Amen. Nugget: The fruit of the Spirit counts in eternity above the gift because the fruit is for the development of our Godly character while the gift is to bless others and ourselves ultimately, only if we make it to glory. Choose the fruit first and then the gift will follow accordingly. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lus