Fruit of the Spirit

bible study on fruit of the spirit

What are the Fruit of the Spirit?

7 Fruits of the Spirit

Being spiritually productive through Bearing Spiritual Fruit in the Power of the Spirit, Your relationships, first with Jesus and then with His Spirit, are essential to maturity and productivity.

the fruit of the holy spirit

fruit of the spirit bible verse

Based on Galatians Fruit of the Spirit - Gal. 5:22-23, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control…"


Scripture reveals nine fruits of the spirit that inevitably result from God's presence and control in our lives. Are you yielding to or quenching the Holy Spirit?

The fruit of the spirit is

•love (agape);

Love - "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him" (1 John 4:16). Through Jesus Christ, our greatest goal is to do all things in love. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails" (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).
•joy (chara);

Joy - "The joy of the Lord is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10). "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2).
•peace (eirene);

Peace - "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1). "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13).

•patience (makrothumia);

Longsuffering (patience) -- We are "strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness" (Colossians 1:11). "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love" (Ephesians 4:2).
•kindness (chrestotes);

Meekness - "Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted" (Galatians 6:1). "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love" (Ephesians 4:2).
•goodness (agathosune);

Goodness - "Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power" (2 Thessalonians 1:11). "For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth" (Ephesians 5:9).
•faithfulness (pistis);

Faith (faithfulness) - "O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth" (Isaiah 25:1). "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith" (Ephesians 3:16-17).
•gentleness (prautes);

Gentleness (kindness) -- We should live "in purity, understanding, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left" (2 Corinthians 6:6-7).
•self-control (egkrateia).
 
Temperance (self-control) - "But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love" (2 Peter 1:5
 
Where in the bible does Paul give us a list of the "Fruit of the Spirit"?
 


The most famous Bible passage about the fruit of the Spirit is in Galatians 5:22, where the apostle Paul gives us a list of fruit. (Paul was into making lists.) The list is meant as a contrast to the list of the 'deeds of the flesh' found in 5:19-20. The spiritual fruit list is clearly not intended as an exhaustive description of the fruits, but was given to highlight the fruits that Paul wants the Galatian church to keep in mind. He lists the following nine fruit of the Spirit:
 
Are the "Fruit of the Spirit" attributes of God? Yes but also mean we are in the spirit and not in the flesh.
 
In Phillipians 4:8, what does Paul advises us to think on what things?
•true;

•noble, or worthy of high esteem (semnos);

•just;

•pure;

•lovely (prosphiles);

•of good report (euphemos);

•of any virtue, or excellence (arete);

•worthy of praise (epainos).
 
In Colossionas 3:12-16, what is the church members are told to put on (wear) these things?
•tender mercies;

•kindness;

•humility or self-smallness (tapeinophrasune);

•a heart of compassion (oiktirmos);

•gentleness;

•patience.
 
What else does the Fruit of the Spirit further instructing us to do?

•bear with one another;

•forgive one another;

•love;

•let the peace of God rule their hearts;

•be thankful (eucharistoi);

•have God's Word live in them abundantly;

•teach and admonish one another;

•sing with grace in their hearts.

All this character stuff is to be done in Jesus's name to further the purposes He came for.


What makes the Fruit so Important?
 
These fruit lists describe what a Christian's character grows into, over time. Fruit of the Spirit - Visible Growth in Jesus Christ


"Fruit of the Spirit" is a biblical term that sums up the nine visible attributes of a true Christian life. Using the King James Version of Galatians 5:22-23, these attributes are: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. We learn from scripture that these are not individual "fruits" from which we pick and choose. Rather, the fruit of the Spirit is one ninefold "fruit" that characterizes all who truly walk in the Holy Spirit. Collectively, these are the fruits that all Christians should produce in their new lives with Jesus Christ.

RECAP


1. You can't be godly apart from the Spirit; you're just not at that level, and not that kind of good.

2. We are naturally hell-bent on getting what we desire. This inner drive can twist even the best side of you.

3. God has a different way and wants you to follow it. Since you can't, the Spirit grows you up, cleans you up, and makes good ('fruit') come from you in the manner of Jesus Christ.

4. Where there is 'the fruit of the Spirit', the Spirit is at work. You can trust this truth.

5. Each person in the Spirit has the fruit differently, and each fruit has a different shape in each person -- but all the spiritual fruits will show themselves in each Christian as they go deeper into their walk with the Spirit.

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses

Daniel - Are You Willing To Go Through The Fire

Daniel in the Fire

This is for those who have gone through the deliverance and healing classes.

Daniel 3 - Be willing to face your fire (it allergies, fear, Agoraphobia - how about lust such as addictions of the flesh ). When we face our fears and are willing to walk through the fire, comes victory. Don't allow fear to rule your life. Learn to develop more fear of the Lord. Fear means sculpturally = reverence and willingness to obey Him over any cost like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They had more fear of the Lord than of Nebuchadnezzar. They knew the scriptures of who to serve even when bonded in a strange land where God was not known. Fear = Sin, and the opposite of fear = Faith. It takes faith in the Lord to walk you through areas that have power over you. If you are afraid, apply the 8rs to your circumstances and remember to press into the Father's Love. Perfect love casts out fear.

Going through the fire = sanctification! This means dying to self, dying to your flesh and dying to the control the enemy.

"For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." Romans 8:13-14

Dying to self is a never-ending process. I have to continually ask God to show me what needs to be removed in my life. I want to be used by Him. To be used, I need to offer my body as a living sacrifice. It has to be acceptable to Him. I've had to face the fact that I must decrease so He can increase. I am learning to deal with the fact that my feelings and wants are not the most important things if I am to be used by God.

What Is In Your Mind?
Freed from Sin? Really?

Isn't it time to take away the power from the enemy and have power in Christ?

Daniel 3:

1. Nebuchadnezzar, the king, made an image of gold, whose height was three cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, governors, captains, judges, treasurers, counselors, sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces to dedicate the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

3 Then the princes, governors, captains, judges, treasurers, counselors, sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together to dedicate the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up, and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

6 And whosoever does not fall down and worshippeth shall, at the same hour, be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

7 Therefore, at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

9 They spake and told the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.

10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

by Traci Morin
Touch of God Healing Ministries (a healing and deliverance ministries located in Dallas, Texas. Join us at our next Saturday morning Set Free Bible Study in Dallas)

Like Minded Friends

fellowship with unbelievers

"The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray." Proverbs 12:26"He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed." Proverbs 13:20

unequally yoked with unbelievers

"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

'I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.'Therefore 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord." 2 Corinthians 6:14-17

"... in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

"...all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the things which you have learned..." 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 12-14

make no friendship with an angry man

"Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,Lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul." Proverb 22:24-25
"Do not be deceived: 'Evil company corrupts good habits.' Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame." 1 Corinthians 15:33-34

do not be unequally yoked

"If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing.... From such withdraw yourself." 1 Timothy 6:3, 5
"My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent." Proverbs 1:10

"Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn away from it and pass on." Proverbs 4:14-15

"...our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.They have mouths, but they do not speak;Eyes they have, but they do not see;They have ears, but they do not hear...Those who make them are like them;So is everyone who trusts in them." Psalm 115:3-8

"The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful." Proverbs 12:5"A prudent man conceals knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness." Proverbs 12:23"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise." Proverbs 12:15"Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." Proverbs 12:1

"A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence." Proverbs 13:2

"Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding." Proverbs 9:6
"Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity,A brood of evildoers, children who are corrupters!They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger the Holy One of Israel...." Isaiah 1:4

"...who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them." Romans 1:32

"Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you.Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil." Proverbs 4:24-27

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses

Are You Deceiving Yourself?

"For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself." Galatians 6:3

COMMENTS: I used to think I was really something. I took pride in my accomplishments and skills. I could say I was perfect at quite a few things. In fact, some things I was so good at that there was nothing else that could make me any better at them.


Within the past year, the Lord began to deal with my pride. He allowed me to be fired from a secretarial job. (But I'm a GOOD secretary!) He pointed out that I was losing things in my filing system. (But I'm VERY organized!) I was forced to stop everything and re-evaluate the situation. I reviewed my talents, accomplishments, and skills. When I was finished, I could not find anything that I was doing. God was responsible for every last one.


Without God's assistance, I was absolutely nothing. I could have said that my hard work studying in school gave me the necessary skills to be a good organizer. Without the brain that the Lord gave me, I am nothing. I could have said that the hours spent practicing allowed me to write in calligraphy. Without the hands and eyes that the Lord gave me, I am nothing. Are you getting the picture?


As long as I maintained the idea that I had made myself something special, I was of very little use to the Lord. I was also too proud to be usable by others. I was unwilling to change because of all the "hard work" I had put into things. I was only deceiving myself, as the scripture says.

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses