Lesson 7

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  Lesson 7
CONCENTRATE ON YOUR FRUITS NOT GIFTS
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Mat. 7:16-21
The greatest undoing of ministers and church workers today is the desires to function in the acts of God (miracles) and not in the ways of God (character). If you are an anointed sinner, you’ll by your anointing spread sin and iniquity; you’ll end up making people worse sinners than they were before they came under your ministry.
Mt 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
A proselyte is a non-Jew that accepted Judaism. Christ revealed that there is a curse on the Pharisees and scribes who converts men to faith and after that makes them worse sinners. Likewise, there is a curse on any minister who by his ministry makes those God has placed under his care worse sinners. It’s so difficult to make someone made to live un-righteously by a minister to believe in Christ and righteousness living again. Be careful.
In fact, it’s so dangerous to be a minister without the fruits of the Holypirit because Hell has a special place reserved for ministers who only operate in the gifts of the Holyspirit and wouldn’t allow the fruits of the HolySpirit to manifest in their daily lives (Rev. 20:10).
Hypocrisy is defined as operating with the gift of the spirit without bearing the fruit of the spirit.
Pride, flirtatious attitudes toward the opposite sex, short-temperedness, hatred/bitterness, un-forgiveness, selfishness, love of money, indecent dressing, dishonesty (see other list in Gal. 5:19-21) etc. are anti-ministry (they work against the ministry you are called into). Ministry is being a role model and if you are still sinful, whether you are secretive or not about it, you’ll produce followers that would be sinful too and secretive just like their spiritual leader. If the world is exactly like you in behavior, will anyone goto heaven?
Christ said, we shall identify His ministers by their fruits (characters) and not by their gifts (miracle working abilities) therefore, if you still got some bad fruits, the record of your name has been lost in heaven.
Don’t desire the impartations of Gifts, first desire to produce the fruitage of righteousness. If a fornicator lays hands on someone that’s sick, that sickness may go if the fornicator is gifted with healing gift, but that sick just partook of the spirit of fornication in him, likewise other vices.
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. Numbers 11:17
The spirit that should function on those under Moses’ ministry is the spirit gotten from Moses, likewise, it’s your spirit with all its sacredness and defilement that works in those God has placed under you. If your spirit is defiled by sin, likewise those God has placed under you.
God first calls us into righteousness (refer to lesson 2) before He calls us into ministering, God first invited His disciples to be with Him before He sent them to go and bring others to Him.
How do you bear the fruit of the spirit? Ga 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Submit yourself daily to the Holyspirit, desire to bear His fruitages and you’ll sure will. Mark out areas of your life that needs the touch of God, it can be anger, hatred, lust etc. and consciously ask the Holyspirit help you in such areas and meditate on scriptures or sermons that provides solutions to that area where you need to manifest the fruit of the Spirit or better still, declare the Lordship of Christ over that aspect of your life and Christ would reign over it.
God bless you.
Activity: (see Gal. 5:22-23 for the list of the fruitage of the HolySpirit)

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