We are continuing in the study of the mandate for believer's prayer in the PPOG. . Phil 4:6; 1Thes 5:17;

At the moment we are considering Paul's prayer for the spiritual growth of believers that was recorded in Phil 1:9-11;

In verse 11 Paul is praying for believers to be filled with the "fruit of righteousness." which is the result of the believer's PMA of Bible Doctrine which is the mind of TLJC.

An expanded translation of Phil 1:11; having been completely filled up ( perfect tense passive voice )with the production of righteousness [which results from the PMA of Bible Doctrine under the mentorship of God the Holy Spirit] which comes by means of Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God

This righteousness is produced in the believer by God when the believer is functioning in the spiritual life through the application of Bible Doctrine to experience under the mentorship of God the Holy Spirit.

We have seen that in the Phil 1:11; passage the production is viewed with regard to the quality of it's character as the “fruit of righteousness,” and in Gal 5:22, the same production is viewed with regard to it's source as the “fruit of the Spirit.”where details of it's characteristics are also described.

We are presently studying the seventh characteristic of this righteous production of the Spirit in the believer who has the thinking of TLJC through metabolized Bible Doctrine as described by the Greek noun "pistis", which in this passage refers to the virtue of faithfulness which means to be trustworthy, reliable, and steadfast.

God's faithfulness to the believer is the basis for the production of faithfulness by God the Holy Spirit in the believer.... the believer's faithfulness is established in the faithfulness of God.

Believers cannot be faithful apart from understanding and living in confident expectation from God in God's grace provision.

At this point in our study we are discussing the process whereby the Holy Spirit works in the believer through Bible Doctrine to parlay God's Faithfulness toward them into a characteristic of faithfulness as a facet of the Fruit of Righteousness.

We saw last time in Rom 12:3 that Bible Doctrine becomes the standard of reference for the believer's thinking which in the Greek is "metron pisits" (μέτρον πίστεως )

When the believer has doctrinal orientation which is PSD #5, the Bible and it's revealed truths become the basis for the believer's decisions in life. Bible Doctrine becomes the standard of reference and the basis of the choices they make in their though process.

Having a "sound mind" believers are enabled to "think rationally" which means they are "sane" and "without illusions" about life, about self or about others.

This verse says that God has provided the Bible to believers as a standard of thought that once learned enables beliers to think rationally, and to identify and differentiate between the God's truth which is reality and the devil's lie which is an illusion based on deception. John 8:31-32; 2Cor 4:3-4; Rev 12:9;

It is from this standard of thinking, which is the thinking of TLJC in the believer's soul, that the Holy Spirit can establish Faithfulness as a fruit or product of his ministry in the believer.

Believers are instructed to pursue this faith or standard of thinking from Bible Doctrine. 1Tim 6:11; 2Tim 2:22; 2Pet 3:18; To the point of their spiritual maturity Eph 4:13;

Believers are to mix of this standard of thinking which comes from Bible Doctrine and the promises of God with their faith. Heb 4:1-2;

Remember that the English noun "faith" and verb "to believe" come from the same word in the Greek. The Greek noun is "pistis" which is translated "faith," while the Greek verb is "pisteuo" which is translated "believe."

This process enables the believer to begin to engage in the battle by means of their application of the doctrine to their experience through their thinking. 1Tim 6:12;

Remember we are what we think. Prov 23:7;a

Through this process, faith reaches out and believes one of the promises that are found in scripture by recalling it to memory and concentrating on it's meaning.

A promise is a declaration or assurance made to another person regarding the future stating that one will do, or refrain from, some specified act, or that one will give or bestow some specified thing.

In Biblical usage, it refers to the Divine assurances of future good or blessing, recorded in the Scriptures which are made to particular persons on various occasions, or conceived as given to mankind through Christ. That which affords a strong or reasonable ground of expectation of something to come, especially of future good; something that leads one confidently to expect good results.

The Greek word for promise is ™ἐπαγγελία epaggelia" It came to mean that which is asserted, proclaimed, announced, declared or formally agreed to. It was also used as a word for a summons or demand of a court.

So a promise is something that leads one to confidently expect good results. Promises claimed through faith, plus doctrine believed under pressure, produce confidence of a future good results.