Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
Senior Pastor Heather Schott
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YOU SHOULD KNOW:
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- Groups are one of the primary ways we find + build community here at Mercy Culture.
- You do not have to be a member to join any MC Group (aka, invite your friends! This is a GREAT way to introduce someone to Mercy Culture)!
- Anyone can attend any group, anywhere (ie; if you attend our East Fort Worth campus, you are welcome to join a Online/Fort Worth/Waco/etc group).
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Numbers 12:1-9
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God is requiring the FRUIT of FAITHFULNESS!
Faithfulness is continual faith and trust in God.
"Aman" means "to confirm, support, believe, trust, be faithful."
"Aman" means "to confirm, support, believe, trust, be faithful."
The fruit of faithfulness is produced when we are trustworthy to the Lord!
Matthew 7:21-23
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How do you know who you are faithful to?
You know who you are faithful to by who and what you follow and give most of your attention, influence, time and money.
You know who you are faithful to by who and what you follow and give most of your attention, influence, time and money.
PRACTICAL ADVICE: Ask God, "Is this your will?"
Hebrews 3:1-2
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God looks for faithfulness in you in these areas:
1. His Word
2. His House
3. His Spiritual Leaders
4. The Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
1. His Word
2. His House
3. His Spiritual Leaders
4. The Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
QUESTION: What will keep you from bearing the fruit of faithfulness?
ANSWER: Satan and his demons!
ANSWER: Satan and his demons!
The Spirit of Python will try and keep you from bearing the fruit of faithfulness!
Acts 16:16-24
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Puthón: Python, spirit of divination
Acts 16:16-17
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Galatians 5:1
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Galatians 5:7-10
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Galatians 5:9-10
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Galatians 5:13
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The spirit of divination is jealous of God. He is jealous of His platform, His following, His people, so he tries to put himself on the same platform as God’s voice to steal God’s
followers.
followers.
Acts 16:18-21
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Toxic empathy will become the open door for lies to plant in your heart and birth deception leading you into unity with the spirit of python!
Acts 16:22-24
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Python usurped the platform in their hearts away from the message of Christ!
Characteristics of the Spirit of Python:
1. Constrict
1. Constrict
WARNING: This will become the excuse to not obey God, what He has told you to do, nor spend time with Him because you’re "too tired," you don’t feel good, you’re always sick. You are victim to a spirit, but instead of recognizing that to overcome it and take victory by the blood of Jesus, you can begin to walk into a victim mentality.
Characteristics of the Spirit of Python:
1. Constrict
2. Confusion
3. Deception
4. Rebellion
5. Jealousy
6. Division
1. Constrict
2. Confusion
3. Deception
4. Rebellion
5. Jealousy
6. Division
Its goal is to separate you from Christ and win over your faithfulness so you will be unfaithful to God!
Yiddeoni: Medium, spiritist, wizard
Derived from the root יָ ַדע (yada), meaning "to know."
Derived from the root יָ ַדע (yada), meaning "to know."
Matthew 7:21-23
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Matthew 24:10
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Deception produces fake fruit!
Open doors to the Spirit of Python:
Desperation, Compromise, Offense, Gossip and Slander, Pride, Unforgiveness, Bitterness, Sin (slavery to sin), New Age Practices/The Occult, Listening to false prophets/lies/falsehood who operate in this spirit.
Desperation, Compromise, Offense, Gossip and Slander, Pride, Unforgiveness, Bitterness, Sin (slavery to sin), New Age Practices/The Occult, Listening to false prophets/lies/falsehood who operate in this spirit.
When you listen to the words of witchcraft, they are seeds planted in you whether you know they were or not and they will produce rotten or fake fruit in your life at some point - unless repented of!
Revelation 2:20-23
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Matthew 3:8-10
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Revelation 2:24-29
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Jesus is saying: THOSE THAT STAY FAITHFUL TO ME, I WILL IN TURN STAY FAITHFUL TO THEM AND GIVE MYSELF (My Presence, My power, My authority) TO THEM!
Acts 16:25-34
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True faithfulness does not usually produce the most beautiful and simple life on this earth! Faithfulness usually produces pit and prison seasons, accusations and warfare, unpopularity and persecution that requires true faithfulness!
Matthew 5:11-12
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Many think faithfulness brings earthly rewards, but it is the opposite: faithfulness produces eternal rewards!
Numbers 12:1-8
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Moses had to show great patience or long suffering: he cried for mercy over the people - even though they cursed him - because he loved them.
God called Moses "faithful in all His house."
Moses had good fruit!
God called Moses "faithful in all His house."
Moses had good fruit!
Deuteronomy 3:23-29
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Luke 9:28-31
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Many think faithfulness brings earthly rewards, but it is the opposite, faithfulness produces eternal rewards!
The faithful ones are not the perfect servants!
The faithful ones are those that stay servants!
The faithful ones are those that stay servants!
Deuteronomy 3:29
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Moses' intimacy with God is what kept him faithful to God, and it's what kept God faithful to Moses!
God's faithfulness surpasses our faithfulness!
Matthew 25:21
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This is the goal: that one day, I will have pleased my king so much that it is His joy to invite me in and say, "Well done, my good and faithful servant!"
God is requiring the fruit of faithfulness!
How do we transition from bearing fake fruit to good fruit?
1. Abiding in the Lord
1. Abiding in the Lord
John 15:1-8
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You abide in your daily encounters with the Lord.
How do we transition from bearing fake fruit to good fruit?
1. Abiding in the Lord
2. Repentance
1. Abiding in the Lord
2. Repentance
Matthew 3:8
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