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3. Contributor Richard O’Ffill Principal Contributor T HE F RUIT OF THE S PIRIT

4. The Fruit of the Spirit Contents

5. The Fruit of the Spirit Our Goal {5} The purpose of this quarter’s lessons is not to focus on how we can become more patient or more loving or more gentle or more faithful but on how we can let the Holy Spirit make us more like Jesus, who is patience, love, gentleness, and faithfulness personified.

6. The Fruit of the Spirit Lesson 4, January 23 The Fruit of the Spirit Lesson 4, January 23 The Fruit of the Spirit Is Peace

7. Key Text John 14:27 NKJV “ ‘Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’ ”

8. The Fruit of the Spirit Is Peace Initial Words {46} Eleanor Roosevelt, in a Voice of America radio broadcast, said, “It isn’t enough to talk about peace; one must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it; one must work at it.” The peace that Christ won for us also requires effort, hard work, and constant self-examination.

9. The Fruit of the Spirit Is Peace Quick Look 1. Peace With God (Luke 24:13-17) 2. Peace In Jesus (Matthew 23:28-31) 3. Peace While in the World (Acts 1:6)

10. The Fruit of the Spirit Is Peace 1. Peace With God Romans 5:1 NKJV “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

11. To have peace with God is more than to feel comfortable in His presence. It means that we, who once were “alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds” (Col. 1:21, ESV), have been reconciled and restored to fellowship with God. By His death at the cross, Jesus has made it possible for the hostilities to cease and for us to be God’s friends and not His enemies. 1. Peace With God Reconciled {47}

12. The more clearly we see God’s ways and walk in them, the more we appropriate His power to live as His sons and daughters. In this sense, peace with God is indeed a fruit of the Spirit. As we grow to maturity as children of God, we experience more and more the blessings and benefits of living in His kingdom. 1. Peace With God Reconciled {47}

13. The Fruit of the Spirit Is Peace 2. Peace in Jesus Matthew 11:28, 29 NKJV “ ‘Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, … and you will find rest for your souls.’ ”

14. 2. Peace in Jesus Finding Peace {49} “It is love of self that brings unrest. … Those who take Christ at His Word, and surrender their souls to His keeping, their lives to His ordering, will find peace and quietude. Nothing of this world can make them sad, when Jesus makes them glad by His presence.” The Desire of Ages 330, 331

15. We mustn’t equate peace to a life without problems. Peace has more to do with how you handle these situations than with the situations themselves. Peace hast to do with the deepest trust in a loving and caring God who knows what you are going through and has promised not to forsake you, no matter what comes your way. 2. Peace in Jesus Finding Peace {49}

16. Hebrews 12:14 NKJV “ Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one which no one will see the Lord.” The Fruit of the Spirit Is Peace 3. Peace While in the World

17. 3. Peace Within the World At Home {53} Strange as it may seem, the most difficult place to be a Christian is at home. How tragic, when home should be the one place in all the world where we should have peace. As Christians we are called to reflect the principles revealed in the life of Jesus— principles of love, self-sacrifice, and an uncompromising attitude toward evil and sin.

18. “ ‘First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.’ ” Matthew 5:24 NKJV Jesus takes more seriously our relationship with one another. It is not uncommon for bitterness and resentment to exist between members of the church. How different things would be if we all followed this teaching. 3. Peace Within the World In Church {55}

19. The Acts of the Apostles 84 Final Words {57} “The peace of Christ cannot dwell in the mind and heart of a workman who criticizes and finds fault with another workman simply because the other does not practice the methods he thinks best…. The Lord never blesses him who criticizes and accuses his brethren, for this is Satan’s work.”