1. ‘Say it with fruit …’ (7)

2. Galatians 5:22-23

3. ‘the fruit is … goodness’
the grapes of goodness
C S Lewis: ‘No man knows how bad he is until he has tried to be good.’
Jekyll and Hyde scenario as portrayed in Romans 7
goodness is supernatural
Jesus ‘went about doing good’
someone helping others

4. ‘the fruit is … goodness’
leave God out of good and only zero is left
it’s a God-like characteristic
he is good in his person
he is good in his precepts
he is good in his purposes
God can turn the worst of times into the best of times
being good – how to be filled full of goodness

5. ‘the fruit is … goodness’
we know God is good and we know we are not good
need to be born again and receive the divine nature
look at Barnabas – he was ‘a good man’ (Acts 11:24)
we are to be glued to what is good
doing good – how to fulfil goodness

6. ‘the fruit is … goodness’
being good is what we are on the inside – doing good is what people see on the outside
talk the talk, walk the walk
cf. Psalm 37:3
we are not saved by our good works, but we are saved unto good works
cf. Micah 6:8

7. ‘the fruit is … goodness’
Christianity in dungarees
Dorcas in Acts 9 – she used her gift to do good
God is good and what he does is good
‘Do all the good you can, by all means that you can, to all the people that you can, for as long as you can.’ (John Wesley)