Central Assembly
SPIRITUAL FRUIT AND THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST - Self-Control - Dr. Jim Bradford, November 19, 2023
SPIRITUAL FRUIT AND THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST - Self-Control - Dr. Jim Bradford, November 19, 2023
Locations & Times
Central Assembly
1301 N Boonville Ave, Springfield, MO 65802, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
“How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing it is irresistable.’
- C. S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lady
- C. S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lady
RESISTING TEMPTATION . . . Proverbs 7
> Avoid the SET-UP: Carelessness and Secrecy
> Avoid the SET-UP: Carelessness and Secrecy
RESISTING TEMPTATION . . . Proverbs 7
> Avoid the SET-UP: Carelessness and Secrecy
> Resist the WEAR-DOWN: Ego and Sensuality
> Avoid the SET-UP: Carelessness and Secrecy
> Resist the WEAR-DOWN: Ego and Sensuality
RESISTING TEMPTATION . . . Proverbs 7
> Avoid the SET-UP: Carelessness and Secrecy
> Resist the WEAR-DOWN: Ego and Sensuality
> Defy the KILL: Excuses and Decisions
> Avoid the SET-UP: Carelessness and Secrecy
> Resist the WEAR-DOWN: Ego and Sensuality
> Defy the KILL: Excuses and Decisions
OUR ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE . . .
“Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is around us.”
- P. T. Forsythe
- P. T. Forsythe
“A moralist will be unsuccessful in trying to displace his love of the world by reviewing the ills of the world. Misplaced affections need to be replaced by the far greater power of the affection of the gospel.”
- Thomas Chalmers, “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection”
- Thomas Chalmers, “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection”