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There are two words that look very much the same. The first
word is the word “works”. The other word is the word “fruit”.
Sometimes works and fruit look very much the same. In
Galatians 5:19, God describes the works of the flesh, “Now the
deeds of the flesh are evident, which are; immorality, impurity,
sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts
of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,, envying, drunkenness,
carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you that
those who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
God.”

In chapter 5:22 he talks about the fruit of the Spirit, “But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such
things there is no law.” Sometimes those two things look alike.
If you look at someone’s life is it works or is it fruit?
Sometimes the works of the flesh are bad works; immorality,
impurity, anger, jealousy, envy, arguing. The works of the flesh
are not good. But sometimes the works of the flesh are good.

1 Corinthians 13:1-3, “If I speak with the tongues of men and
of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or
a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know
all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to
remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if
I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my
body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.”

Those verses describe a person that never existed. You’ve
never met a person like that. Let me, again, describe that
person. It’s somebody who speaks with the tongues of men and
angels. Have you ever met anybody like that? It’s somebody,
the Bible says, that has a gift of prophecy and knows all
mystery. Did you ever meet anyone like that? That person is
described as someone who knows everything and has all
knowledge. I never met anybody like that. I don’t think you
have met anybody like that either. Not only does he speak like
an angel and knows every mystery, has knowledge about