Sermon Cloud

The Fruit of the Spirit:

#1 - The Fruit of Christian Courtesy

Pastor Lowell Perkins - 10/28/2007

Outline:

a harsh and hateful world

• the ROOTS of hatefulness

• the RESULTS of hatefulness

• the REMAINS of hatefulness (in Christians)

a humble yet higher way

• a spirit-seed transplant - GA. 5:22 - "The fruit of the Spirit..."

• a sincere-sensitive tenderness - MT. 22:39 - "Love your neighbor..."

• a surrendered temper-tongue - JA. 3:6 - "The tongue...is a fire..."

• a slower-selfless timetable - LK. 10:33 - "But a Samaritan..."

• a soft-sweet touch - EP. 4:32 - "Be kind and compassionate..."

• a strong testimony - JN. 13:35 - "By this all men will know..."