The spiritual fruit of goodness enables sinful man to do good and to be good—good in the truest sense of the word. Goodness, after all, is the essence of God's nature.
Are you suffering an internal spiritual war? If so, that's a good sign. It's a sign that you are pursuing goodness, which causes the badness of human nature to fight back.
Yes, according to the Bible, badness comes naturally (Romans 8:7
). Goodness does not. But God has a wondrous plan to radically transform our character!
). Goodness does not. But God has a wondrous plan to radically transform our character!
Though our natural inclination is to defy God in sin, He has determined to help us overcome that nature to live a life of righteousness and goodness. This is possible only through a relationship with Him. As the apostle John explained, He who does good as a way of life is of God, but he who does evil as a way of life has not seen God , has not come to really know Him (3 John 11).
John also explained that those who truly are of God have God living in them through the Holy Spirit: "By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit
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