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Good Friday

And they crucified Him, and parted (divided) His garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, THEY PARTED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND UPON MY VESTURE DID THEY CAST LOTS – Matthew 27:35.

The Friday preceding Easter, observed in commemoration of the crucifixion, called Great Friday in the Eastern Church. In the church year it is traditionally a day of fasting and penance. Post-reformation practiced observed by both Roman Catholics and Protestants includes a service from noon to 3 p.m., marking Jesus’ agony on the cross. Read More

Fruit of the Spirit (Faith)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law – Galatians 5:22-23

Natural faith and spiritual faith is different. Everyone has faith to a certain degree in themselves and others, but spiritual faith is our dependability on God and not ourselves or others. This faith reaches the heart and hand of God into our circumstances for without faith in Him, we can’t please God. Read More

Fruit of the Spirit (Goodness)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. Meekness, temperance against such there is no law – Galatians 5:22-23

Goodness is generosity, it’s a virtue that Christians should possess. Christian virtue refers not to some abstract notion of proper behavior, but to the fruit of the Spirit in the life of the believer, produced not by human activity, but the Divine. Read More