Evidences of true Faith fruit of a Christian life comes in all different shapes and forms. The list and outline in this post is by no means exclusive but it the best comprehensive list I could make based on my references. The evidences will vary in intensity and different amounts for different people. All people are different and the manifestations of the indwelt Spirit will look certain ways in certain people. What is certain is that they will manifest some of those listed here.
Love for God
Psalm 42:1
"For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God."
Psalm 73:25
"Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you."
Luke 10:27
"He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself."
Romans 8:7
"...the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so."
Repentance from Sin
Psalm 32:5
"Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD" —and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah"
Proverbs 28:13
"He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy."
2 Corinthians 7:10
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."
Romans 7:14
"We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin."
1 John 1:8-10
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."
Genuine Humility
Psalm 51:17
"The sacrifices of God are [a] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Matthew 5:1-12 (The Beatitudes)
Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them saying:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
James 4:6
But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
Devotion to God’s Glory
Psalm 105:3
"Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice."
Psalm 115:1
"Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness."
Isaiah 43:7
"...everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."
Isaiah 48:10
"See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction."
Jeremiah 9:23-24
This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
1 Corinthians 10:31
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
Continual Prayer
Luke 18:1
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up."
Ephesians 6:18
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
Philippians 4:6
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."
1 Timothy 2:1-4
"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
James 5:16-18
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops."
Selfless Love
1 John 2:9
"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness."
1 John 3:4
"Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness."
1 John 4:7
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God."
Separation From the World
1 Corinthians 2:12
"We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us."
James 4:4
"You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God."
1 John 2:15-17
"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."
1 John 5:5
"Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God."
Spiritual Growth
Luke 8:15
"But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop."
John 15:14
You are my friends if you do what I command.
Romans 16:26
"...but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him..."
1 Peter 1:2
"...who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance."
1 Peter 1:22
"Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart."
1 John 2:3-6
"We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. 4The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone obeys his word, God's love[a] is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
Hunger for God’s Word
1 Peter 2:1-3
"Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good."
Transformation of Life
2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
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