The Fruit Of The Spirit
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law” (Gal. 5:22,23).
The
“fruit of the Spirit” is that combination of graces evidenced in the
lives of believers who “walk in the Spirit.” Let us never make the
mistake of supposing that “the Spirit,” in Gal. 5:22,23, refers to “the
spirit of man which is in him” (I Cor. 2:11). It refers rather to the
Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, who indwells believers. The spiritual
virtues listed above do not spring from any goodness in us, but from the
Spirit of God dwelling within.
Next,
we should observe that these graces are not the product of human
effort. The passage above declares that they are fruit, and fruit is the
natural product of life and growth. Indeed, “the fruit of the Spirit”
is here contrasted with “the works of the flesh” (Vers. 19-21), and
these are all bad!
Finally,
it is a remarkable fact that the graces which the Holy Spirit produces
in yielded believers are certainly not those which the world admires.
The world admires self-confidence, self-respect, self-made men,
intellectual prowess, personal magnetism, authority, etc., while the
Spirit produces “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance.” But consider the difference. A man may
have self-confidence, intellectual acumen, political or other power —
and he may still be very difficult to live with, but not so with the
virtues which the Spirit produces. Of those who possess these graces the
Apostle says: “Against such there is no law.”
There
is only way to be SAVED 1. Corinthian 15;1 - 4 Christ died for our
sins was buried and rose again the third day. Believe this from you
heart and you will have eternal life.
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