THE FRUIT WE BEAR

THE FRUIT WE BEAR

If you take an orange and gently peel it, what kind of
juice comesout?
Orange juice.

If you put an orange thru a grinder or a juicer what kind of juice
comes out?
Orange juice.

If you take an orange and throw it against the wall, what
kind of juice comes out?
Orange juice.

If you take an orange and cut it with a knife, what comes out?
Orange juice.
The only thing that can run out of an orange is what
is already inside it.

It is the same with us as Christians. If we have cultivated the
fruitage of the spirit: love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self control, that will not change- no matter how people treat us.....

If they gently peel away your skin to reveal your sweet side.....
whats going to come out?

Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self-control.

If they send you thru a grinder or a juicer by means of trials and tribulations.....
what comes out?
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self-control.

If you are slammed up against a wall of opposition, what
comes out?
If God has filled you with the fruitage ofHis Spirit,

it is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness,faith, mildness & self control.

If someone attacks you verbally as with a knife.......what
comes out?

It is what you already have inside you!
Again- if we've worked hard to cultivate the fruitage of God's spirit,
what will come out is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self control.

Just as the orange can only produce orange juice,
regardless of the situation we are in, what we will pour out is what
we've already got stored inside us.

So if we have worked hard to cultivate the fruitage of God's spirit,
what will come out in any situation is the fruitage of that spirit.