4/8/2023 0 Comments Fruits of the spirit![]() ![]() When he had completed his work on earth, Jesus ascended back to heaven, but before he went he said he'd send a 'Comforter' to continue to support and teach us. It's through his sacrifice of himself on the cross in substitution for us as 'sinners' that we are forgiven and restored to a good relationship with God again, as he originally intended. Just as a caring parent only maintains that separation for a while, then makes the relationship good again, so God himself put right our soured relationship with him by coming to earth as Jesus. ![]() God himself is perfect, so sin separates us from him like a naughty child is temporarily separated from its parents. Those who work together usually find it a more rewarding experience then when they press for their own advantage. Christians believe that it is this disobedience of God intention that brings about the misery and suffering we experience in our world because people put themselves first rather than working together for the greater good of all. ![]() He intended us to be in a perfect relationship with him and with each other and he gave us free will to choose that, but it's easier to choose a less perfect way of behaving, acting in disobedience of God rules, and it's that disobedience that we call 'sin'. It's fundamental to the Christian belief that God made the universe and everything in it, including us humans. ![]()
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