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Are you the person the Lord intended for you to be?

How much of the Fruit of the Spirit have you nurtured within yourself?

Rate your Fruit of the Spirit from 1 to 5 stars.

The 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit:*

Charity (Love): Willing the good of others and uniting everything in care and harmony.

Joy: Deep, lasting happiness and gratitude rooted in the Holy Spirit, even during difficult times.

Peace: Inner calm and steadfastness that come from love and connection to the Holy Spirit.

Patience: Enduring delays, trials, or others' faults with serenity.

Kindness: Showing warm goodwill, care, consideration, and mercy in our actions.

Goodness: Purity of heart and choosing to do what is moral and holy.

Generosity: Freely sharing time, talent, and resources without expecting repayment.

Gentleness: Strength guided by love and peace through the Holy Spirit.

Faithfulness: Steadfast loyalty to the Lord, trusting in His promises, and honoring commitments.

Modesty: Humility that respects oneself and others in actions, choices, and lifestyle.

Self-Control: The ability to manage emotions, thoughts, and behaviors when faced with temptations and impulses toward holiness, love, and peace.

Chastity: Selfless, heartfelt love of oneself and others, maintaining purity of heart, mind, and body.

*Google AI search: 12 fruits primarily from St. Paul's letter to the Galatians (5:22–23), with the traditional 12-fruit list stemming from St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible.

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Even If

 

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Even if Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross was a limited redemption meant only for believers and not the whole world, Jesus still delivered salvation through his sacrifice, by which we, as believers, are saved from sin.

Therefore, we cannot all be sinners, especially the believers, because Christ the Redeemer died on the cross for our sins.

Any sin committed is the fault of the sinner, not the result of the false notion of inherited sin long ago redeemed by Christ, and definitely not the fault of the victim, who did not sin.

Even if, by faith alone, we are saved by grace, the process by which we receive grace—especially from sin—through redemption, forgiveness, and ultimately reconciliation with the Lord, remains the same.

There must be openness and the ability to receive grace, whether through faith, intercession, or divine countenance.

Since sin is the forsaking of love, grace, and the Lord in an immoral act that causes harm, this separation must be mended before love and grace can be received and reconciliation with the Lord can occur.

Thus, the sinner must first confess their sin, repent, understand the harm caused, and atone for the sin to make amends, receive grace through forgiveness and faith, and ultimately reconcile or make peace with the Lord.

Even if we believe in limited redemption or not, it does not change the truth. Though mere mortals may not fully know the truth, it remains out there.

Love is love. Faith is faith. The truth is the truth, regardless of how twisted it may be in the minds of fools or limited in the minds of the ignorant; it still does not alter the facts and the self-evident truths of empirical and metaphysical reality.

And it will not change the need to have the ability to receive grace and, if forsaken in sin, to reconcile with the Lord, receive forgiveness, and be restored.

I believe that Jesus Christ made salvation available to everyone in the full redemption of sin.

1 John 2:2 states: "He himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the sins of the whole world".

1 Timothy 2:6 states that Jesus Christ "gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time”.

The confusion may lie in the fact that you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.

In other words, believers are most likely to drink from the waters of salvation and receive grace and redemption, while those without faith might be less inclined to embrace the process of redemption. Nonetheless, the waters of redemption are available for everyone.

After all, Jesus does not discriminate, as shown in the parable of the Good Samaritan, where love of thy neighbor is accessible to everyone regardless of race or religion.

So even if a person feels unworthy, the love, grace, and redemption of the Lord are there for everyone. You just need to be able and willing to receive these blessings.

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Redemption Principle

 

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We follow Jesus Christ's principle of redemption: the act of delivering from sin or rescuing from evil.

In Christianity, this means salvation through Jesus Christ’s atonement.  Because Jesus Christ saves us.  We are born into love because of love's sacrifice, not in a sinful state, which is Satanic.

How can we, as children of God, and since God is love and born from the Lord’s love, be born in sin as Satanic sinners, especially when Christ, our Redeemer, has redeemed us from original sin through His sacrifice?

If we were born in sin, it would mean Christ never saved us or delivered us from evil.

We are not born with sin, nor do we come into the world as sinners, especially since we have not yet been tempted to sin or to commit any wrongdoing against the Lord and humanity.

We are born of love (1 John 4:7-10).

Because Jesus Christ is the Redeemer (Isaiah 43:14, Mark 1:24, Revelation 1:1-20) and redeemed our sins, we are born of love, not in original sin.

Jesus Christ "gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good” (Titus 2:14).

"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace” (Ephesians 1:7).

Any sins we have accumulated are from our own wrongdoings, not inherited.

We are responsible for our actions, and if our actions are unholy or sinful, we must seek redemption through confession, repentance, and atonement to receive salvation.

We must practice the redemption principle; whenever we do something wrong, we must confess, repent and atone, clean ourselves up, in order to receive the love of the Lord and salvation.

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We Are Free

 

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We are free

When we speak truth to power,

Unburdened by fear

And oppression of thought.

We are free

When we live by truth over lies,

Unfettered from delusions of grandeur

And insecurities born of uncorrected ignorance.

We are free

When we are free of sin,

Unchained from dishonor and disgrace,

Unweighted by the baggage of desecration.

We are free

When the truth sets us free,

When we are redeemed through faith

And atone for responsibilities.

We are free

When we feel free,

Free to love and free to be

The person the Lord intended us to be.

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"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." 

                                                        - Matthew 5:8

"Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? 

And who shall stand in his holy place? 

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, 

who does not lift his soul to what is false 

and does not swear deceitfully. 

He will receive blessings from the Lord 

and righteousness from the God of his salvation."

                                                    - Psalm 24:3-5

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