Ok we've heard it said - you're not suppose to judge, lest you be judged - but does that mean we are not to discern and scrutinize and make 'judgement calls' on things? NO - infact we are MANDATED to judge fruit - not to pour out wrath on people, but to know whether we can rely on them, should we eat their fruit or not, is it good for nourishing us, or will it make us sick?
Each time I share this message I am amazed that few people have considered the opposites and fewer still recognize or discern the counterfeits.
We read in Galatians 5:22,23 about the fruit of the spirit, and often times we so glance over it we never really pay attention and look at it with any depth, we sigh and say, 'yeah that's what we should have...' and then go our merry way.
Here is a chart that looks at the Fruit according to Galatians, the Opposites and the counterfeits. WHY because we are pretty good at picking out the opposites but how often we find ourselves operating in the counterfeit, trying desperately to look the look and talk the talk, but don't have any tried and true gold to back it up. It looks decent enough because we have learned how to conjure up the near representation of it but we have not allowed the death of certain sins we hold dear in our life and so the true fruit has yet to be produced.
Some things may overlap or may not fit perfect, but, generally this is a pretty decent break down...
CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THE COUNTERFEITS?
Fruit of the Spirit Opposite of that fruit Counterfeit of that fruit
LOVE HATE LUST
JOY DEPRESSION HAPPINESS, HILARITY
PEACE WAR CONCESSION
PATIENCE SHORT TEMPERED REMISSIVE
KINDNESS CRUELTY- MALICIOUS FLATTERY
GOODNESS EVIL SELF RIGHTEOUS, COURTEOUS
FAITHFULNESS UNRELIABLE WILLFUL, SELF RELIANT
GENTLENESS HARSH, STARK TIMID, COMPLACENT, SHY
SELF CONTROL INDULGENT PERFECTIONISM
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