What type of "Fruit"

Yesterday I spoke about growing in Christ and bearing the right kind of fruit. It is very important that we are growing in Christ and becoming like Him more and more every day. So what type of "Fruits" should we be bearing? According to God's Word it begins.....

"When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives:" Gal. 5:19-23

When God purposely isolates and spells out 9 specific qualities that will be coming direct from His Holy Spirit - then He is really letting you know the extreme importance of these 9 specific fruits.
These 9 fruits are major fruits and qualities that are coming direct God Himself - and every Christian should do the best they can to work with the Holy Spirit in getting all 9 of these fruits worked into their personality.

1.  love = To love, to have affection for someone; to like; to be a friend; the love of brothers for each other

2.  joy = The happy state that results from knowing and serving God

3. peace = The inner tranquility and poise of the Christian whose trust is in God through Christ

4. patience = Forbearance under suffering and endurance in the face of adversity

5. kindness = The steadfast love that maintains relationships through gracious aid in times of need

6. goodness =  Ready to do good, love in action

7. faithfulness = Dependability, loyalty and stability

8. gentleness = A character that is equitable, reasonable, forbearing, moderate, fair and considerate

9. self-control = Calls for a self-disciplined life following Christ’s example of being in the world but not of the world

"There is no law against these things!

 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another." Gal. 5: 24-26

1. The word “Spirit” is with a capital “S” – which means these 9 fruits are coming directly from the Holy Spirit, not from us.

2. What this means is that God’s love, God’s peace, God’s joy and God’s goodness can start to be transmitted up into our personality. These are His attributes and personality qualities that will start to move into the core of our personality.

3. Think about the ramifications of this – that God the Father Himself is allowing us to share in a part of His divine nature by allowing His Holy Spirit to transmit and impart these nine divine qualities right up into our soul and personality!

However, our abilitiy as fallen humans to love one another is very limited. This is why it is so important for each and every Christian to work very closely with the Holy Spirit to get this fruit worked up into the core of our personalities. It is only when the love of the Holy Spirit starts to flow and enter into our personalities can we even begin to love God, love ourselves, and love one another to the degree and to the intensity that God would like to see from each one of us.

These fruits will be coming directly from Him. They will be His love, His goodness, His joy and His peace that will start to flow into you. But you will still have to do your part in all of this. Once these godly and divine attributes start to be released into your personality by the Holy Spirit – your job will then be to start to walk and operate in them.