Putting On Christ – Make Me A Gentle Spirit
We have been learning from the scriptures how we who are saved can continue the process of “Putting on Christ”, which is initially done when we accepted the invitation of Christ in baptism (Gal. 3:27).
- Paul further enlightens us as to the meaning of putting on Christ in his writing to the church at Rome.
- In chapter 13 and verse 14 Paul wrote, “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts” (Rom. 13:14).
- Thus, putting on Christ demands that we change, through repentance.
- It is not a one-time thing, rather a lifelong process of sanctification (1 Pet. 3:15), putting on righteousness and putting off sin, preparing ourselves for eternity.
- The putting on of righteousness is accomplished by putting on the fruit of the Spirit.
- Thus far, we have studied how we put on love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…
As we continue with our theme of Putting on Christ, we turn to the 8th fruit of the Spirit which is Gentleness…