In this together

Why is culture working so hard to erase differences between Male and Female?

It’s no shock to anyone that our culture is really struggling. Culture & feminism has brought us to a bizarre point where we cannot even define a woman - how confusing is that?

The feminist movement began for the protection and advocacy of woman in society to ensure they were given equal rights, like education opportunities, voting rights, etc. and were overall treated equally and protected. Feminism has done a lot of good over the years. But, today's feminism seems to have progressed to an odd place in society where they have blurred lines on the area of what a woman is and are unwilling to acknowledge the humanness of the unborn.

Sadly, we are living in a day and age where culture wants to erase the unique and beautiful differences between male and female.

In the book…

Today we close with - Self Control.

As we have been taking a look at the the fruit of the Spirit, I pray you are learning that it is the working of the Holy Spirit in us that brings about change in our heart, mind, spirit and in our over all character.

Philippians 2:13 says that "it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure."

Ephesians 2:8-9, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."

If we are honest, we all know we struggle with self-control.

"...love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness..."

Galatians 5:22-23

“The product of a true, growing, gospel-centered nature is often gentleness.”

— Timothy Keller

We have been looking at the fruit of the Spirit at a glance for the past few weeks, and today we come to Gentleness. If you were to look back over all the "fruit" we have studied, is there one that stands out to you over the rest?

Galatians 5:22-23

"...the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives:

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

Faithfulness is steadfastness

Faithfulness is one of the fruits of the Spirit that should mark our lives as Christians. When we hear the word "faithfulness" we most likely think of marriage. Being a faithful spouse means you are committed to your spouse no matter what. Sadly, our culture today does not represent faithfulness very well. Even when we look at stats for Christian marriages, approximately twenty-five percent of Christians divorced in 2016.