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The following review was written by Ava Langerak on the book The Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ by Richard J. Smit (Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing, 2012). This review was originally published in the August 2023 issue of The Grandville Gleaner. The author, Richard J. Smit, starts the boo
Click to look inside Author Richard J. Smit first wrote about the fruit of the Spirit in a series of articles that appeared in the Standard Bearer and now appear here in book form. This beautiful paperback is the perfect gift for anyone, young or old. This book discusses the nine aspects of the fru
Fruit of the Spirit
Smit, The Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2012), 13–21. Originally published December 2020, Vol 2020 No 12 - - -
The beauty of seeing the children glorify God, sing his praises, learn to pray with words of God’s greatness, memorize the scriptures, and treat each other with the same love that Christ shows us is the greatest gift of that fruit. On the surface, the fruit that we eat physically has nothing in comm
“I found it in a Beacon Lights magazine,” she said. “It explains a few things, don’t you think?” Jason read: The Fruit! Dear child, have you some fruit nearby, plump, sweet, good, and tart? The fruit as picture teaches more— of things inside the heart. So look to see that God has planted fr
Mr. Doezema is a member of the Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Wyoming, Michigan. The Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, by Richard J. Smit. Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing, 2012. 155 pages (paper). [Reviewed by Don Doezema.] A friend of mine told me recently that she was reading,
The fruit of the Spirit . . . is faith. Here that faith is not in relation to God but in relation to the saints. It is to be taken in the sense of faithfulness, trustworthiness, dependableness, constancy. It emphasizes that love does not forsake its object in time of difficulty. It does not leave t
The Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, by Richard J. Smit This little book discusses the nine aspects of the fruit that proceed from that fountain, Christ, and which by his Spirit he works in his saints. The book encourages branches of believers and their seed unto a life of good fruit-bearing.
This is the last post about Rev. Smit’s book, The Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Rev. Smit closes the book with 5 concluding thoughts. Here is a summary of these thoughts. 1. God’s eternal decree of election is the ultimate source of the fruit of the Spirit. 2. The Holy Spirit produces and c