The fruit of the Spirit is
produced in and through us to each other and the world. At the least, this is the fruit that should
be produced. Only the fruit of our Souls
that are redeemed of the Lord can produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Any fruit of the flesh will be
burned. Those that do the works of the
flesh will not enter the kingdom of God.
We can read and understand that in Galatians 5:19-21:
Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works
of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and
such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time
past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
So what is the works/fruits of
the Holy Spirit? Galatians 5:22-26
reveals them:
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit
of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law.
In Galatians 5:24-26 we are wise
to take hold of further admonition to continue allow the Lord to work in us,
cultivating His Garden, our Souls, to produce His fruit and leaves of the tree
of Life.
Galatians 5:24-26 And they that
are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain
glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
So continue to live in the Spirit
of God, and walk, producing after Him what is pleasing in His sight.
Love…Joy…Peace…Longsuffering…Gentleness…Goodness…Faith…Meekness…Temperance…against
such there is no law. So don’t allow the
working of the flesh in your soul. If
you discern its presence then ask the Holy Spirit for help. Pray, speak forth in your heart to the Lord
that you submit to the Lord only and resist “the devil” or whatever adversary
is opposing the knowledge of Christ in you and you in Christ. The Lord will cause the adversary to
leave. Just continue to submit to the
Lord and resist the adversary, and it will flee. Ask the Holy Spirit how to pray and listen
for the answer.
The renewing of your mind will
cause this kind of attack to stop, because you will have allowed the Lord to
produce HIS FRUIT in that area of your being and life.
Being born again is being born
from above…born of His Word, His Spirit. Born and then growing up and learning
of the Lord is a process. As the Lord
told me years ago, that He will only do this a little at a time, or it may be
too overwhelming for you to handle.
So from Victory to Victory….Glory
to Glory…. You will Come Forth Shining as Pure Gold…in God’s Sight…His Son is
Manifested in your Soul… and Produced Through You as a Sweet Savor of His Son
in Every Place He causes us To Go.
In John 15 we read and can see by
the Holy Spirit the process and purpose of His calling and choosing.
John 15:1-11
15:1 I am the true vine, and my
Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth
not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it,
that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the
word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As
the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more
can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the
branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much
fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is
cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them
into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father
glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so
have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye
shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide
in his love.
11 These things have I spoken
unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That
ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not
servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called
you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known
unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but
I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit ,
and that your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Take note of verse 8 and 16… the
purpose is so that our Father God is glorified in the Son Jesus the Christ and
Lamb of God. The Redemptive work of the
body and blood of Jesus…working in us.
When we submit to the Lord’s
working in our souls, and allow Him to produce His Son in our souls and through
our souls, THIS is GOD’s FRUIT that the world and each other can taste and see
that THE LORD IS GOOD. This is God’s
will…to produce His Son in us and to us, so that we may Know Him and Fellowship
with Him. But also so we can be about
our Father’s business and kingdom, doing good and being perfect even as the
Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Hebrews 7:19 For the law made
nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the
which we draw nigh unto God.
Colossians 1:27-29 To whom God
would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among
the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28 Whom we preach, warning every
man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect
in Christ Jesus:
29 Whereunto I also labour,
striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
So let the Vine bring forth, in
and through our souls, manifesting His goodness towards all. Being lead of the Holy Spirit in all things,
so that our walk is in the Way, the Truth, and the Life of Christ Jesus, God’s
firstfruit of His Spirit. This is the
Fruit that will remain. This is the
Fruit of the Spirit that will Bless All.
Amen.
