AATHAVAN 🖋️ 673 ⛪ December 01, 2022 Thursday
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." ( Galatians 5 : 22, 23 )
Once, while I was having my dinner in a hotel, a Christian pastor came there with his family. Many families were sitting in that room which was marked separately as "Family Room". When the food ordered by the pastor arrived, he began to pray for the food and everyone in that room noticed it. The waiters who were standing there also watched it.
After the prayer, they started eating. As his behaviour was different, I had an eye on the pastor while eating my food. The pastor was speaking harshly to the waiter.
At one point we suddenly heard a loud noise and everyone eating were startled. The pastor stood up with the sleeve of his jacket rolled up, as if he was about to strike a hotel waiter. He was cursing loudly. The reason is that when the waiter served, some gravy inadvertently got on the pastor's clothes. Then the hotel manager came and calmed down.
People of many religions were there. If this pastor had his food without praying first, no one would have known who he was. He has dishonored Christ before others by his unwitnessed act of first praying and pretending to be a Christian.
A spiritual man is not to be identified with his white cloths or pretended life, but in the witnessing actions. The scriptures say that these witness qualities are fruits. A good tree bears good fruit, a bad tree bears bad fruit...Didn't Jesus Christ say that you know a tree by its fruits?.
Without a change in the inner man, external decorations and our efforts to present ourselves as a spiritual man will fail. Good character comes naturally. It does not require efforts. I have seen many people who do not know Christ who act more quietly and meekly than the pastor I mentioned above.
Beloved! Our lives are evangelism. Christ cannot be preached by page after page of writing or long sermons in an attractive manner. There are more politicians in our country today who can speak in a more persuasive manner than Christian ministers.
A spiritual man should be known by his deeds. For example, are you in an office where 50 people work? If you are a spiritual person, your character should be different from those 50 people. "For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth" (Ephesians 5:9)"
Let us surrender ourselves to God and pray for a fruitful life. Let's benefit others with our fruits!
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