Lesson 8 – Faithfulness
Introduction
A reminder: The context of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23 is the battle going on within the Christian. The non-Christian does not have this type of conflict going on within.
"I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (17) For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. (18) But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. ... (22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." (Galatians 5:16-18, 22-23 NKJV):
Remember walking in the Spirit – being fruitful starts and finishes with the Gospel, back to the Cross:
"And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." (Galatians 5:24-25 NKJV)
Let's look at the seventh quality of the Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness.
We are going to look at three things in this lesson:
How does the Bible define and use faithfulness?
What illustration from the Old Testament shows faithfulness?
How does the Cross demonstrate faithfulness?