Holy Spirit: Fruit of
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Promised, Provided, Produces
Promised, Provided, Produces
Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to those who believed (Jn7:37-39). In that same passage promised what it would produce in the believer (rivers of living water) and the fulfillment of (Isa58:11) and the Spirit was provided on Pentecost (Act2:1-4)
So first the scriptures showing promised and what the provided Holy Spirit would produce.
37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ”
39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
and that can be seen as the fulfillment of the prophesy by Isaiah
11 “And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
So in what way does receiving the Holy Spirit produce these rivers of living water? The answer is found in the fruit that the Spirit produces in the one who has received the Spirit.
The one who is born of water and Spirit (Jn3:5)
One who has the benefits of the indwelling (Rom8:9-11)
One who is led by the Spirit (Rom8:14; Gal5:18)
So we have the one who has the Spirit and the Spirit produces fruit, but what is the fruit? What proof of the fruit should we expect to see in the one who has the Spirit?
That leads us to fruit defined (Gal5:22-23)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
I. Defined expression of fruit defined
I. Defined expression of fruit defined
Fruit, singular, one fruit, one fruit that is manifested as Christian graces in the life of the Christian. Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. 9 graces, 1 fruit
Love - Active good will expressed toward God and others (Jn14:15; Mk12:31)
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Joy - Gladness, delight, especially in response to God’s grace (Psm100:2)
2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.
Peace - beyond all comprehension, both with man and God (Rom5:1; Php4:7)
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Patience (longsuffering) - forbearance, self-restraint in the face of provocation according to Vines Bible Dictionary (2Pt3:9)
9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
Kindness - the sweetness of tempter that puts others at ease (Plummer; commentary) (Pro19:22)
22 What is desirable in a man is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.
Goodness - generosity that reaches beyond giving to someone what is due. (Rom15:14)
14 And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.
Faithfulness - Barclay says “the virtue of reliability” (Psm37:3)
3 Trust in the Lord and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
Gentleness - a humble, kind and contrite demeanor that helps to calm another’s anger. (Pro15:1)
1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Self-control - The virtue of one who masters his desires and appetites (Thayer’s Bible Dictionary) (2Pt1:6)
6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,
Now the human spirit may replicate, develop some of these graces; but God produces them all.
Whereas this list is incomplete, or can we say not comprehensive, you can find others Spirit produced fruit, like righteousness (Rom14:17; Rom15:13) and you can couple with the graces found in (2Pt1:5-8)
17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
And a good parallel
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Graces found in 2Pt1:5-8 are faith, virtue, knowledge, perseverance, godliness, and brotherly kindness.
Where the Spirit dwells, the Spirit strengthens (Eph3:16), the strengthened Christian will have fruit of the Spirit that will be evident. This fruit, these graces will be like rivers of living water that nourish both the soul of the believer and those around him.
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,
What can we do to ensure that the Spirit has good ground to produce this “fruit” in our lives that is for our soul and impacts the souls around us?
II. Developing ground for the Spirit
II. Developing ground for the Spirit
Ensuring proper development of the fruit, we need to develop our obedience to the Word of God. So let’s talk about walking in the Spirit and being led by the Spirit, scriptually speaking.
We must walk in the Spirit (Gal5:16-17; Gal5:25-26)
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
Walking in the flesh cannot produce fruit of the Spirit; only the Spirit produces the fruit. Fleshly fruit prevents us from the spiritual fruit of love, joy, peace, etc.
Walking in the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of your own flesh, but set you desires on what the Spirit desires. And how do we do this? (next point)
We need to be mindful of the things of the Spirit (Rom8:4-6)
4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,
Minding the things of the Spirit oftentimes will come through the Spirit inspired Word of God.
To the one who is minding the things of the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
When we are spiritually minded, we can experience true life and peace in which Christ died so that we can have it. May our minds be focused on the Word of God and we are able to live in harmony, in unity with what the Spirit teaches us through the Word and when applied we then walk the Spirit.
When we walk in the Spirit that goes hand in hand with being led by the Spirit doesn’t it?
When we are led by the Spirit:
We know we are sons of God (Rom8:14)
14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
We are no longer slaves to the flesh; sin (Rom8:12)
12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
Remember we are free, set free, delivered and the Spirit then helps us
We put to death the deeds of the flesh by the Spirit (Rom8:13)
13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Led by the Spirit through the Word, externally and internally (Jn16:7-8 and Rom15:13)
7 “But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 “And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
Spirit came to convict the world of Sin, how? Oftentimes through the Word of God!
Another essential tool; prayer, which we can appeal for strength from the Spirit (Eph3:16; Eph3:20-21)
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,
And I have to bring in the other, just because it is powerful, it is good, and it is true.
20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
That power that works in us, that fruit producing power is at work in us to accomplish more than we can ask or think, so that God may be glorified forever and ever!
Through obedience to the Word, which we have responsibility to put the Word in us, when coupled with faithful, unwavering, prayer, we will be led by the Spirit and will walk in the Spirit and He will produce His fruit in our lives and it will be evident.
In trying to wrap this up. This fruit of the Holy Spirit may I close with a few more things
The Fruit producing gift (Act2:38; Act5:32)
38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
32 “And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
The gift is the Spirit Himself that is given to those who believe, repent and are baptized.
The fruit producing gift, is a gift from God (Jn4:10-14)
10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11 She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?
12 “You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?” 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again;
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
Don’t we all want to drink of that living water? drink of the Word, and when we do that Living water will produce fruit and it will come out of you.
The fruit producing gift, produces living water flowing out (Jn7:37-39 ref only)
This fruit producing gift, produces the graces we have mentioned tonight. Producing graces that prepare us eternal life that we have now and will continue to have as we develop these graces in our life.
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May we be diligent to walk in the Spirit and be led by the Spirit so maybe the fruit of the Spirit maybe produced in our lives and evident to others that they may inquire.
Let us pray (when I say this, advance the slide)
(encouragement slide 2) after the prayer (exit slide)
