Walking by the Spirit and enjoying the blessing of kindness means not falling into legalism or liscentiousness.

True patience is found by looking at God's patience, and then by being changed and motivated by His Gospel of grace.

To experience the fruit of peace one must be in relation to the Prince of Peace, and one must live in light of His freedom from his flesh.

Joy is a confidence in God's control of my life which leads me to trust Him and praise Him regardless of circumstances.

Biblical and true love, that the Holy Spirit produces in Christians, is talked about in this sermon, from Romans 5.

We begin a brand new series studying why the fruit of the spirit is important in the Christian life.

We wrap up our series in 1 John with a reminder of the things that Christians should absolutely KNOW about who they are in Christ.

Today we looked at God's testimony concerning Jesus Christ and why we should believe it.

Here in the beginning of the final chapter John gives us his elevator pitch regarding everything he has already talked about throughout this letter.

God doesn't just tell us to abide and to love in this letter but to do these things with a purpose in mind.