The Fruit of the Spirit - The External Final Five

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Pastor Daniel recalls his father cussing at him when he got too close to a snake while fishing.

This episode is a sermon from Broadway Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, preached by Pastor Daniel Osborne. It is the second part of a two-week series on the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians chapter 5. The pastor begins by recapping the first four 'attitudinal' fruits—love, joy, peace, and patience—from the previous week. He then introduces the final five fruits—kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—which he categorizes as 'actions' that impact how we treat others. To explain these, he shares a personal childhood story about fishing with his father, where his father's rare loss of temper (cussing) illustrated a lack of gentleness and self-control. He contrasts this with the biblical ideal. The pastor then discusses faithfulness, using the example of baseball player Cal Ripken Jr., who played 2,632 consecutive games, as a modern analogy for showing up consistently. He follows with a recent anecdote about witnessing road rage on Nicholasville Road in Lexington, where a driver screamed out his window, highlighting a cultural lack of gentleness. The core of the sermon is an exegesis of Galatians 5:16-25, where the pastor reads the passage contrasting the 'works of the flesh' (like sexual immorality, hatred, and outbursts of anger) with the 'fruit of the Spirit.' He explains that this distinction shows the difference between saved and unsaved individuals, with the fruit being evidence of walking in the Spirit. The pastor then connects this to Colossians 3:12-13, emphasizing the command to 'bear with one another' and forgive, which requires kindness, gentleness, and patience. He links forgiveness to God's kindness leading to repentance, as stated in Romans 2:4. Practical applications are offered, such as not sharing every opinion and bringing burdens to God in prayer instead of lashing out. The sermon warns against outbursts of anger, which are listed among the works of the flesh. It concludes with an altar call, inviting listeners to repent, be saved, or join the church, tying the fruit of the Spirit to a transformed life that blesses others.

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A Galatians 5 sermon on spiritual life as seen in everyday conduct toward others.

Pastor Daniel Osborne's sermon on the final five fruits of the Spirit reads Galatians 5 as a practical test of the Christian walk. After setting love, joy, peace, and patience as inward attitudes, he turns to kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control as…

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