The Fruit Of The Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. affections: or, passions If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. - Galatians 5:22-25

    Those who belong to Christ believe his Gospel, and are committed to Christ, his Gospel, and to one another. Believing the doctrinal truths of the Gospel as fact, but not in heart and practice having and living the fruit of the Spirit, is a contradiction to the Scriptures and to our profession of faith in Christ. What I am saying is this: If we are truly Christ’s, we have the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, and have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

    This is a work of God in the new man created in Christ Jesus. The children of God are not hasty to judge a brother and are quick to forgive, because God, for Christ’s sake, has forgiven us. Love is the foundation of the believer’s life of faith. We love Christ, his Gospel, and the brethren because God first loved us and sent his Son to die for us, and has given us of his Spirit. The child of God is prone to think the best instead the worst, especially when it involves a brother or sister in Christ. The Spirit of God in the heart of the child of God causes us to seek peace and pursue it. The fruit of the Spirit is to heal and mend rather than cause division and strife.

    Charity (love) suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things (1 Cor 13:4-7).

    The family of God is a spiritual family begotten by God himself. They are the body of Christ of whom he is the head. Being one in him we bear the same fruit unto his glory. The people of God are the kindest, gentlest, most generous, forgiving people in the world. Therefore, let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you (Eph 4:31).