In the Kingdom of God, they are things that you are given as a GIFT & things that come as a FRUIT of the Spirit. The gift has no bearing to character but the fruit has a bearing to character. It comes as a result of developing your relationship with God daily. You meet God in His Word daily, meditate on it, internalize it & obey its principles. Testimony: What I have largely came not as a gift but as a fruit of the Spirit. My character bears witness to Christ. I am in SYNC with God. I walk as He walks, talk as He talks, think as He thinks & feel for others as God feels. Heaven Rules.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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