Prophecy re-thinking?

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Bro Harrell wrote:

> New topic....I've heard many times that since the correct term is FRUIT
> of the Spirit, not the plural FRUITS, that when one is saved and filled
> with the Spirit, that all of these characteristics comprise ONE FRUIT,
> and therefore all should be present in the life of a child of God.
> 
> I beg to differ with this point.

I've heard this too and I agree with you Bro Harrell.  It's merely a
point of grammar -- the plural of fruit is, well, "fruit," not
"fruits."

If I have a fruit salad I did not eat a single strawberry, I ate a bowl
of stuff with melons and bananas and apples and strawberries, and kiwi
fruit all topped off with some whipped cream.

I don't have a "fruits bowl," but my fruit bowl at home can hold
several bananas and apples and oranges.  Fruit-of-the-loom
undergarments have a picture on the tag showing a variety of fruit (not
"fruits").

Anyone who says "fruits of the Spirit" is obviously a fruitcake and
should be required to read the Oxford Dictionary of the English
language :-).  Twice.  Backwards in a darkened room with only a candle
for illumination.

Richard "I read William Safire's columns"  Masoner