(Robb Brunansky – The Cripplegate) The fruit of the Holy Spirit addresses a critical concern in our day – the importance of cultivating virtue. Virtue is a word not often used, but it basically means moral excellency. It speaks to the moral fabric woven throughout our lives. To be a person of virtue means to live according to biblical convictions. Virtue speaks to the character and quality of the heart.
We don’t hear a lot today in the church about virtue, character, or moral excellency. There might be many reasons for this omission but let me suggest a couple….
The first is that calling people to a high standard of moral excellence is to place a demand on them. These demands are difficult to fit in with our typical mindset of making the church consumer friendly and minding our own business.
Additionally, our culture does not value what is good for its own sake. Many look for things to make their lives better immediately, in tangible ways they can measure. With this mindset, truth and goodness are only relevant if they help maximize production. Virtue, though, should be valued, not because it is pragmatically effective, but because it reflects God’s holiness, beauty, and goodness. Therefore, we should value moral excellency, character, and virtue because it all showcases the excellencies of our Lord.
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