1. What mainly determines our personality?
Those who mainly determine our personality are our thoughts, since if we are always thinking about our carnal desires we will probably end up giving in to them, but if we have our minds occupied with good thoughts we will only do what the Lord pleases.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Our thoughts largely determine our personality, if we only think about things that please our carnal desires, we will say and do bad things, but if instead we have good thoughts, we will be more likely to speak and act as Jehovah pleases.
2. What questions will we answer in this article?
We will see what the new personality is and how we can put it on and always wear it.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
As we saw in the previous article, we cannot completely prevent bad thoughts from entering our minds. But if we can choose not to put them into practice, in this article, we will answer the following questions: What is "the new personality"? And how can we put it on and always wear it?
WHAT IS “THE NEW PERSONALITY”?
3. What is "the new personality," and how do we dress in it? (Galatians 5:22, 23).
For the new personality is the way of thinking and acting that reflects the qualities of Jehovah, and we put on it if we show the fruit of God's spirit, which we will achieve if we allow the spirit to influence our thoughts, feelings and actions.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
“The new personality” is the way of thinking and acting that reflects the qualities of Jehovah and we put on it showing the fruit of God's spirit by allowing this spirit to influence our thoughts, feelings and actions.
And the paragraph explains how is the person who puts on the new personality, for example, loves Jehovah and his servants, maintains happiness even when facing problems, fosters peace, is also patient and kind to others, too he loves what is good and demonstrates by his actions that he has a strong faith in Jehovah.
4. Why can't the qualities mentioned at Galatians 5:22, 23 be cultivated one by one?
Because they are all related to each other, for example, if we really love others, we will be patient and kind with them. And to be really good, we must be gentle and have self-control.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
To put on the new personality, we have to cultivate both the qualities that appear in Galatians 5:22, 23 and that are related to each other, for example, if we really love others, we will be patient and kind with them. And to be really good, we must be gentle and have self-control.
HOW DO WE PUT ON THE NEW PERSONALITY?
5. What does it mean to have “the mind of Christ,” and why should we study the life of Jesus? (1 Corinthians 2:16).
Having the mind of Christ means learning how he thinks, and imitating him, and for this it is very important to study his life in order to get to know him, because he perfectly reflects the qualities of Jehovah.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Having “the mind of Christ” means learning how Jesus thinks and then imitating his life is a true reflection of Jehovah's personality and the more our way of thinking resembles that of Jesus, the better we will imitate his way of acting.
6. What must we remember as we strive to put on the new personality?
We must remember that we have been made in the image and likeness of Jehovah and Jesus, so we can imitate them to a certain degree, we also have the help of the holy spirit and remember that Jehovah does not expect perfection from us, but what he does expect is that we Let's try our best and trust that he will give us his help.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
First, that we were designed to be like Jehovah and Jesus, so we can imitate him to some degree, second, that we have the holy spirit who cannot help us accomplish things we could not accomplish alone, and third, Jehovah does not expect you to manifest the fruit of spirit perfectly now, but to try our best and trust that he will help us.
7. What are we going to see now?
We will look at four qualities of the fruit of the spirit, as well as how Jesus demonstrated each of these qualities and what we can learn from it, and finally some questions that will help us examine if we need to improve this new personality.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
We are going to examine four qualities of the fruit of God's spirit. We will see how Jesus demonstrated each of these qualities and what we can learn from it. We will also look at some questions that will help us examine whether we need to improve the new personality.
8. How did Jesus show his love?
For example, he showed his love, by making sacrifices both for Jehovah and for us, while he was on earth he was very loving and compassionate, he showed his love to the people by telling them about the kingdom and he was willing to suffer and die to give us the opportunity of an eternal life.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Jesus loved Jehovah so much that he felt compelled to make sacrifices for him and for us and when he was on earth, he was always loving and compassionate, even with some who opposed him, it also proved how much he loved God and people by being willing to suffer and die at the hands of sinners.
9. How can we show love, following the example of Jesus?
We show the same love that Jesus did by the way we treat people, and to see if we are doing that we can examine ourselves, and the paragraph shows us some questions that we can ask ourselves: “Do I have a deep love for others? Am I compassionate in treating others, even when they are mean to me? Do I spend my time and resources talking to others about Jehovah out of love? Do I do it even when most people don't appreciate it, or even when they oppose me? Could you spend more time preaching?”
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
If we dedicated ourselves to Jehovah and got baptized, it was because we love our heavenly Father. So, like Jesus, we should show that love in dealing with people.
10. What did Jesus do to promote peace?
In the first place, he did not return evil for evil, but in addition to that, he took the initiative to be at peace with people and encouraged the rest to resolve their differences in the best way, as he did many times with his disciples.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Jesus was peaceful, did not return evil for evil, and took the initiative to be at peace with people and encouraged others to settle their disputes.
11. How can we foster peace?
Avoiding causing conflicts, and taking the initiative to make peace with others and what is more encourage others to resolve their conflicts.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
To foster peace, we not only have to avoid causing conflict, we need to take the initiative to make peace with others and to encourage our brothers to settle their differences.
And the paragraph gives us a self-examination to see how willing we are to promote peace: “How far am I willing to give in to make peace with others? Do I hold a grudge if a brother hurts my feelings? Do I expect the other person to take the first step in resolving things? Or do I give it, even though he thinks she's to blame? If appropriate, do I encourage those who have issues with each other to make amends?”
12. How did Jesus show that he was kind?
Being affectionate and reasonable even in difficult circumstances, for example, when a Phoenician woman asked him to heal her daughter, at first he did not agree, but seeing her great faith he was very kind to her and healed her daughter.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Jesus was kind, affectionate and reasonable, even in difficult circumstances, he was not carried away by sentimentality. Sometimes kindness required that he be firm with those he loved. For example, when Peter tried to influence Jesus not to do Jehovah's will, he rebuked him in front of the other disciples, Peter felt a little embarrassed, but it was for his own good.
But also the kindness of Jesus sometimes required that he be firm with those he loved, and we have the case of when Peter tried to influence Jesus not to comply with the will of Jehovah, the Bible says that he rebuked him in front of the others disciples.
13. What do we have to do sometimes to be truly kind?
Sometimes we have to be sincere, but without forgetting to be affectionate and base our advice only on the Bible, not on our personal opinion.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
To be truly kind to those we love, sometimes we have to speak frankly. When we do, let us imitate Jesus and base our advice on the principles of the Word of God, let us be affectionate, expect the best of them and that they will accept the advice we give them with love.
14. How did Jesus demonstrate kindness?
Always doing what is good, what is right and with the right reasons, for example, the kind person always looks for ways to help others and to do things for them.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The person who manifests kindness always looks for ways to help others and to do things for them, for example, Jesus spoke of those who gave alms to the poor, but made sure that others knew what they were doing, those apparent good deeds were not They impressed Jehovah.
ILLUSTRATION:
The Bible student in the previous article, who is now a baptized brother and put on new clothes, is going down a path. Series of images: Jesus demonstrating the qualities of the fruit of the spirit. 1. To feed a crowd, Jesus receives some loaves and some fish from a child. 2. Jesus sits and talks with some children. 3. Jesus peacefully endures being slapped during the illegal trial they gave him.
The more we learn to think like Jesus, the better we will reflect his personality. (See paragraphs 5, 8, 10, 12 and 14).
15. How can we be truly good?
If we do good things thinking about the benefit of others and not for selfish reasons and the paragraph asks us two very interesting questions: “Can I say that I not only know what is right, but also do it? Why do I do good things?
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
We can only be truly good if we do good things thinking of others and not out of selfishness. We should ask ourselves: “Can I say that I not only know what is right, but also that I do it? Why do I do good things?
HOW CAN WE KEEP THE NEW PERSONALITY IN GOOD CONDITION?
16. What do we have to do every day, and why?
Well, daily we have to look for new ways to manifest the fruit of the spirit, because as the Bible says Jehovah is a God of action and his spirit is an active effort, so each of these qualities of the fruit of the spirit can and should motivate us to act That is why the disciple James said that faith without works is dead.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Let us not think that when we are baptized we completely dress ourselves with the new personality, the new personality is like a piece of clothing that we must keep in good condition. For this reason, every day we have to look for new ways to manifest the fruit of the spirit of God and because every time we manifest them, we demonstrate that the spirit of God is acting in us.
17. What can we do when we do not manifest the fruitage of the spirit as we should?
We must not give up, because as the paragraph says if our favorite article of clothing is torn, we do not throw it away but try to repair it, so if, for example, at some point we treat someone badly or with a lack of kindness or patience, we should not get discouraged, but apologize sincerely and try to improve for the next time.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
If on occasion we do not treat someone with as much kindness, patience, or love as we should, let us not be discouraged. A sincere apology can repair the damage and be the first step to restore our good relationship with that person and let's resolve to do better next time.
18. What can we be sure of?
We can be absolutely sure that if we work hard to put on the new personality and continue to wear it, our loving heavenly father, Jehovah will help us.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The more we imitate the way of thinking of Jesus, the easier it will be for us to act like him and thus better reflect the new personality, we can be sure that, if we make an effort to put on the new personality and continue to wear it, Jehovah will help us.
HE REMEMBERS?
What is "the new personality"?
For the new personality is the way of thinking and acting that reflects the qualities of Jehovah.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
It is the way of thinking and acting that reflects the qualities of Jehovah. And to put on the new personality, we have to cultivate both the qualities that appear in Galatians 5:22,23 and those that are mentioned in other biblical texts.
How can we put on the new personality?
We put on it if we show the fruit of God's spirit, which we will achieve if we allow the spirit to influence our thoughts, feelings and actions, and for them we have seen that we must learn to think like Jesus we must learn to show love, to encourage peace and be truly kind.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
To put on the new personality, we need to have the mind of Christ, that is, we need to learn how Jesus thinks and then imitate him. Specifically in this article we have seen how to imitate his love, his peace, his kindness and his goodness.
How can we keep the new personality in good condition?
Well, daily we have to look for new ways to manifest the fruit of the spirit, because as the Bible says Jehovah is a God of action and his spirit is an active force, so each of these qualities of the fruit of the spirit can and should motivate us to act That is why the disciple James said that faith without works is dead.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Every day we have to look for ways to manifest the fruit of God's spirit. This requires an effort on our part, but we will show that the spirit of God is working in us.
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