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Fruits of the spirit4/3/2023 ![]() ![]() The fruit that comes from our lives then is much better. Our sin brings things like anger, greed, jealousy, and other not-so-nice things – the worst sorts of fruit! Without the Spirit of God, this is the type of fruit that the sin in our lives produces.īut now when we follow Christ, we are given the Spirit. Before Paul talks about the fruit of the Spirit, he talks about the fruit that comes from our sin. When the Holy Spirit comes into our lives, we produce the fruit of the Spirit. ![]() The Holy Spirit is God (just like God the Father and Jesus the Son), and He lives inside of us. When we follow Jesus and believe in the power of what He did on the cross for us, God fills us with the Holy Spirit. ![]() So when Paul talks about “the fruit of the Spirit” he is referring to fruit that comes from the Spirit of God. In Paul’s case though it is what comes from a person. It is what comes from a tree or plant, like an apple comes from an apple tree. The word “fruit” refers to the product or result from something. What Paul has in mind here is what comes out of a person who has been filled with the Holy Spirit. When you think of the word fruit, you probably think of something like an apple or a banana, right? Well when Paul talks about the “fruit of the Spirit” he is not referring to piece of fruit that you might eat with your lunch. ![]()
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