Galatians 5:22-23
Fruit of the Spirit
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.
Genesis 1:26-27
God Made Adam and Eve in His Image
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
John 10:10 (KJV)
Jesus Gives Us an Abundant Life
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
I believe that God has placed Universal Truths throughout our world and the universe...So there are certain things in all the world that are Universally True...Truths such as one plus one equals two is true in any culture or nation...And in the universe and throughout God's Creation, He has placed other things that are Universally True or are just Right throughout the Universe...These Universal Truths and Universal Morals seem a part of the universe that seem to be our natural laws, so to speak...
I believe an interesting analogy is how when St. Paul wrote about the Fruit of the Spirit two thousand years ago these were intangible things are also Universally True...One might debate whether these are Truths or are they are Morals, but they permeate the universe in a Very Good Way...Somehow these Fruits of the Spirit, these Truths as I might call them, have spread to each culture and nation...How did these things spread, and why did they spread?...And the people of each nation know that these things are good and necessary to live a full an abundant life...These values are good and true no matter what nation or culture you are from...These fruits help bring us together in the Image of God...