{"id":11090,"date":"2024-04-16T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=11090"},"modified":"2024-04-14T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T14:13:21","slug":"longsuffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=11090","title":{"rendered":"Longsuffering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><em>Your longsuffering will be challenged by those you Love!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">22&nbsp; But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is Divine Love in all Its varied expressions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">joy that overflows,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">peace that subdues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>longsuffering (patience) that endures,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">kindness in action,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a life full of virtue,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">faith that prevails,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gentleness of heart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and strength of spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">23 Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longsuffering is the Greek word makrothumia which is the compound of makros and thumos.&nbsp; The word makros means long, and thumos depicts a passionate desire, and compounded, it is a long-held passion; the patient restraint of anger and therefore longsuffering.&nbsp; It can be translated as the words forbearance or patience; it is ready to forbear and patiently wait; it does not easily give up or bow out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul also wrote in 1<sup>st<\/sup> Corinthians chapter 13:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4&nbsp; <strong><u>Love suffers <\/u>long (makrothumia)<u> and is kind<\/u><\/strong>; Love does not envy; love does not parade Itself, is not puffed up;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 does not behave rudely, does not seek iIs own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the Truth;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 <strong><u>bears<\/u> all things, believes all things, <u>hopes<\/u> all things, <u>endures<\/u> all things<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever had loved ones who have berated you and blamed you for their own actions, shirking responsibility and accountability?&nbsp; Their flesh is revealing their immaturity.&nbsp; It is the battle of the flesh challenging the fruit of THE SPIRIT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul urges us by The Holy Spirit in 1<sup>st<\/sup> Thessalonians chapter 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14&nbsp; Now we exhort you, brethren, <strong>warn those who are unruly<\/strong>, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, <strong><u>be patient (makrothyme\u014d) with all<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16 Rejoice always,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 pray without ceasing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19 Do not quench the Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20 Do not despise prophecies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21 Test all things; hold fast what is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">22 Abstain from every form of evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">23 <strong>Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and <u>may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We must not allow the works of the flesh to overtake the fruit of THE SPIRIT.&nbsp; Love is not irritable and impatient but is willing to wait a long time for someone to change.&nbsp; You must have Agape Love in order to walk in longsuffering toward another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul also wrote in Hebrews chapter 6:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13&nbsp; For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 saying, &#8220;Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.&#8221; 15 <strong>And so, after he had patiently endured (makrothumia), he obtained the promise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our soul wants to be impatient thus hindering our fruit from being led by THE SPIRIT.&nbsp; Let us be known for being longsuffering toward others.&nbsp; Abraham\u2019s blessings required longsuffering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your longsuffering will be challenged by those you Love! Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians 5: 22&nbsp; But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is Divine Love in all Its varied expressions: joy that overflows, peace that subdues, longsuffering (patience) that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11091,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11090\/revisions\/11091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}