1. Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2. Charles Trumbull said, “The effortless life is not the will-less life
Charles Trumbull said, “The effortless life is not the will-less life. We use our will to believe, to receive, but not to exert effort in trying to accomplish what only God can do. Our hope for victory over sin is not ‘Christ plus my efforts,’ but ‘Christ plus my receiving.’ To receive victory from Him is to believe His Word that solely by His grace He is, this moment, freeing us from the dominion of sin. And to believe on Him in this way is to recognize that He is doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves.” We learned this principle at the time of our spiritual birth, and it seems that most of us have to learn it all over again for our spiritual growth and service.
Part One, Ch 5, “Preparation”; pg 21

3. Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a)
suffers long
is kind
is not jealous (NASB)
does not parade itself
is not puffed up
does not behave rudely
does not seek its own
is not provoked
thinks no evil
does not rejoice in iniquity
rejoices in the truth
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things
never fails
Joy
Peace
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control
Longsuffering
Kindness 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

4. Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a)
suffers long
is kind
is not jealous (NASB)
does not parade itself
is not puffed up
does not behave rudely
does not seek its own
is not provoked
thinks no evil
does not rejoice in iniquity
rejoices in the truth
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things
never fails
Joy
Peace
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control
Longsuffering
Kindness 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

5. Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a)
suffers long
is kind
is not jealous (NASB)
does not parade itself
is not puffed up
does not behave rudely
does not seek its own
is not provoked
thinks no evil
does not rejoice in iniquity
rejoices in the truth
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things
never fails
Joy
Peace
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control
Longsuffering
Kindness 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

6. “believes all things”
“believes” pisteu,w (PISTEUŌ)
I. to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
A. of the thing believed
i. to credit, have confidence
B. in a moral or religious reference
i. used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul
ii. to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith
iii. mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith
II. to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
A. to be entrusted with a thing
“Outline of Biblical Usage”
“‘to believe,’ also ‘to be persuaded of,’ and hence, ‘to place confidence in, to trust,’ signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence…’”
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

7. “believes all things”
“believes” pisteu,w (PISTEUŌ)
I. to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
A. of the thing believed
i. to credit, have confidence
B. in a moral or religious reference
i. used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul
ii. to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith
iii. mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith
II. to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
A. to be entrusted with a thing
“Outline of Biblical Usage”
“‘to believe,’ also ‘to be persuaded of,’ and hence, ‘to place confidence in, to trust,’ signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence…’”
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

8. Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a)
suffers long
is kind
is not jealous (NASB)
does not parade itself
is not puffed up
does not behave rudely
does not seek its own
is not provoked
thinks no evil
does not rejoice in iniquity
rejoices in the truth
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things
never fails
Joy
Peace
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control
Joy
Peace
Goodness
Gentleness
Self-control
Longsuffering
Kindness
Faithfulness 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

9. Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a)
suffers long
is kind
is not jealous (NASB)
does not parade itself
is not puffed up
does not behave rudely
does not seek its own
is not provoked
thinks no evil
does not rejoice in iniquity
rejoices in the truth
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things
never fails
Joy
Peace
Goodness
Gentleness
Self-control
Longsuffering
Kindness
Faithfulness 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

10. “faithfulness” pi,stij (PISTIS)
loyalty to the object of one’s devotion to the extent that one may be trusted to follow through on one’s commitments and responsibilities in all circumstances, whatever the cost

11. “[Love] is always eager to believe the best (‘believes all things’) and to ‘put the most favorable construction on ambiguous actions.’ [F. F. Bruce, 1 and 2 Corinthians, p. 127]
“‘This does not mean that a Christian is to allow himself to be fooled by every rogue, or to pretend that he believes that white is black. But in doubtful cases he will prefer being too generous in his conclusions to suspecting another unjustly.’ [A. Robertson and A. Plummer, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the First Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians, p. 295]
“‘Love ever is ready to make excuses for others; it throws a kindly mantle over all their faults.’ [C. Erdman, The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, p. 120].”
Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Notes on 1 Corinthians (2017 Edition), pg 179

12. Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a)
suffers long
is kind
is not jealous (NASB)
does not parade itself
is not puffed up
does not behave rudely
does not seek its own
is not provoked
thinks no evil
does not rejoice in iniquity
rejoices in the truth
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things
never fails
Joy
Peace
Goodness
Gentleness
Self-control
Longsuffering
Kindness
Faithfulness 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

13. “hopes all things” “hopes” elpi,zw (ELPIDZŌ) I. to hope
A. in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full confidence
II. hopefully to trust in
“Outline of Biblical Usage”

14. “hopes all things” “hopes” elpi,zw (ELPIDZŌ) I. to hope
A. in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full confidence
II. hopefully to trust in
“Outline of Biblical Usage”

15. Wonderful grace of Jesus Greater than all my sin
How shall my tongue describe it?
Where shall its praise begin?
Taking away my burden, setting my spirit free
For the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me
Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus
Deeper than the mighty rolling sea
Higher than the mountain
Sparkling like a fountain
All sufficient grace for even me
Broader than the scope of my transgressions
Greater far than all my sin and shame
O magnify the precious name of Jesus
Praise His name!