The Fruit Of The Spirit

Galatians 5:22–23 NKJV

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

²³ gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:22–23 NLT

²² But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

²³ gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

James 2:17 NLT

¹⁷ So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

Matthew 7:16–17 NLT

¹⁶ You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

¹⁷ A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.

Galatians 5:19–21 NLT

¹⁹ When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,

²¹ envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Love – God is love (1 John 4:16)

Joy – He will rejoice over you (Zephaniah 3:17)

Peace – The God of peace (Hebrews 13:20)

Patience – He is patient with you (2 Peter 3:9)

Kindness – His kindness to us (Ephesians 2:7)

Goodness – I will see the goodness of the Lord (Psalm 27:13)

Faithfulness – Great is your faithfulness (Lamentations 3:23)

Gentleness – I am humble and gentle (Matthew 11:29)

Self-control – I have long … restrained myself (Isaiah 42:12)

• We are to produce this fruit in our own lives!

Love Love the Lord … love your neighbor (Matthew 22:27-39)

Joy – Rejoice in the Lord always (Philippians 4:4)

Peace – Seek peace and pursue it (1 Peter 3:11)

Patience – Be patient with everyone (1 Thessalonians 5:14)

Kindness – Clothe yourself with kindness (Colossians 3:12)

Goodness – Let us do good to all people (Galatians 6:10)

Faithfulness – Be faithful, even to the point of death (Revelation 2:10)

Gentleness – The servant of the Lord must be gentle (2 Timothy 2:24)

Self-control – Add to your knowledge self-control (2 Peter 1:5-6)

• To live this kind of life is an impossible task without the power of the Holy Ghost!

• John 15:4 “4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.”

2. The Fruit of the Spirit is .

3. Gifts show my ministry – fruit shows my .

• SPIRITUAL GIFTS are distinctive abilities given to each believer when they receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, to be used to minister to others and build up the Body of Christ. Some of these gifts are supernatural (operated only under the influence of God’s Spirit), while others are natural abilities enhanced by God’s Spirit.

• The Bible does not lock us into tight restrictions as to the number of spiritual gifts, or even their definitions. The major listings of gifts given to the church are found in: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 1 Corinthians 12:27-31, Ephesians 4:11-12, Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 7:7-9, 1 Peter 4:9-11. But remember that the lists of spiritual gifts appearing in the New Testament are exemplary lists, not exhaustive lists.

4. Developing the Fruit of the Spirit in my life is the spiritual experience.

• Romans 12:2 “2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

• 2 Corinthians 5:17 “17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

Mark 4:3–8 NLT

³ “Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed.

⁴ As he scattered it across his field, some of the seed fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate it.

⁵ Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seed sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.

⁶ But the plant soon wilted under the hot sun, and since it didn’t have deep roots, it died.

⁷ Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain.

⁸ Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they sprouted, grew, and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

Mark 4:14–20 NLT

¹⁴ The farmer plants seed by taking God’s word to others.

¹⁵ The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once and take it away.

¹⁶ The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy.

¹⁷ But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God’s word.

¹⁸ The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word,

¹⁹ but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced.

²⁰ And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

• There are four kinds of people who are hearing this message:

PATHWAY PEOPLE – hardened by the that they allow to beat a path through their lives

o Our friends and associates

o The literature we read and the TV programs we watch

o The music we listen to constantly

o The pursuit of pleasure

o Our personal ambitions

o Our private thought life

• ROCKY PEOPLE – so that they never develop what it takes to serve God consistently

o Only a “thin layer” of soil – a superficial experience

o A field littered with stones – obstacles of disobedience

o Streaks of gravel in the soil – a spirit of ingratitude and criticism

• THORNY PEOPLE – crowded by the of an over-active, over-scheduled life

o The cares and anxieties of everyday life

o The deceitfulness of wealth

o The magnet of materialism

• PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE – good ground to the Fruit of the Spirit

o People who hear and receive the admonition of the Word

o People who live in the Spirit, allowing fruit to be produced

John 15:5 NKJV

⁵ “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.