Fruits

Love,

Joy,

Peace,

Patience,

Kindness,

Goodness,

Gentleness,

Faithfulness,

Self-Control.

The list above is what are commonly referred to as the fruits of the spirit, they are the things that outwardly demonstrate the presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer.

Yet we so often see believers advocating things like...

Anger,

Rage,

Fury,

Grievance,

Struggle,

Scream,

Resist,

Kick,

Fight,

Savagery,

Barbarism,

Rebellion,

Harshness,

 

or engaging in things that reek of...

Hatred,

Vitriol,

Lying,

One wonders if they think that the author of Galatians was wrong?

Or that those were for a different time?

Or that we've discovered some new ones?

Of if they just don't care?

Or if they see the original nine as being to passive or permissive?