I was teaching on Galations 5 on Sunday and I had a cool thought about the fruit of the Spirit.
Galations 5:22-25
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Paul makes it clear that the fruit comes from God and not from anything we do. We produce list A (impurity, idolatry, etc..) and God produces the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, etc..) This reminded me of the Messiah being like a tree bearing fruit in Psalm 1.
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
Jesus is like a tree bearing fruit in the Psalms, and He gives us the fruit of the Spirit in Galations.
Lots of fruit and lots of Jesus.
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Like new born babes, we must mature the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. Receipt is the starting point to a life long journey to Christ’s likeness. Bryan