| LESSON 1 | *December 26 - January 1 |
| “By Their Fruit . . .” |  |
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| SABBATH AFTERNOON |
Read for This Week's Study:
Memory Text:
" 'Therefore by their fruits you will know them' " (Matthew 7:20, NKJV). |
| One of the most thrilling promises of the Lord is that if we will abide in Him and allow Him to abide in us through His Spirit, we actually will be different. Our lives will be changed, even radically. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Cor. 5:17, NKJV). This quarter we will study various facets of the fruit of the Spirit. The wonderful plan of salvation assures us that "we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Cor. 3:18, NKJV). Those who abide in Jesus always will bear fruit of the Spirit. Do you sometimes wonder if that promise really could be for you? The answer is a resounding Yes. We can be confident of this very thing, that He who has begun this good work in us will finish it (Phil. 1:6). Remember His words: " 'You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you' " (John 15:16, NKJV). And the best news yet is that the good work the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives is not just for now but for eternity. |
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, January 2.
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