Sunday, I talked about the Fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, Galatians 5:22-23), and touched briefly on the Fruits of Repentance and the Fruits of Righteousness. Proverbs 12 talks about the fruits of righteousness. I call it the "root fruit" chapter. :0)
Here are some of the fruits of righteousness:
- Immovability. (V. 3) says the "root of the rightoues cannot be moved". See Phil 3:9 and Isaiah 11:10.
- Right Thoughts (v.5)
- A House that will Stand/endure, not be overthrown (v.7)
- Kindness to animals (v. 10)
- Fruit (v.12), see Galatians 5:22-23, Matt. 7:15-20
- Safety (v.13) "But the righteous will come through trouble"! - In particular I believe the verse is saying that because the righteous know how to hold their tongue, speak wisely, etc., they are going to be saved from a whole lot of trouble. Amen!
- "No grave trouble will overtake the righteous" (v.20)
GOOD STUFF! That is some fruit that I am interested in having.
Even better, it is not our own righteousness that brings this good fruit, but living in the righteousness of Christ, "being found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith." Philippians 3:9
Sometimes the path of seeing the fruit developed is not fun (Hebrews 12:3-11) as God trains us as sons, but in the end it "yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness".
Hmmmmm, how is my fruit looking today?
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