Introduction to The Fruit of The Spirit

Fruit of The Spirit: Part 1
Introduction to The Fruit of The Spirit

Galatians 5

Galatians 5:6a (NLT) 

Galatians 2:21b (NLT) 

Galatians 5:1 (NASB) It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Paul teaches us THREE important things in Galatians 5:13-23:

1. Freedom finds its purpose in love and service.

Galatians 5:13-15 (NLT)

Freedom in Christ doesn’t = lawlessness.

Freedom in Christ = living a Holy Spirit empowered life to love and serve others.

“The freedom Christ purchased is not the freedom to live for myself; it is the freedom to finally love somebody besides myself.”

2. The flesh and the spirit are in conflict with each other.

Galatians 5:16-21 (NIV) 

• Disordered Sexuality – Sexual immorality, impurity, and sensuality.
• False Worship and Spiritual Bondage – Idolatry and sorcery. All these add up to seeking power, security, identity, or control apart from God.
• Relational Destruction – Hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissension, factions, and envy. The self enthroned over love of neighbor.
• Loss of Self Control – Drunkenness, orgies, and the like our appetites become our masters.

Proverbs 24:16a (NLT)

3. The spirit produces the character we cannot manufacture.

Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT)

John 15:5 (NLT) 

The world needs to see Christians showing up that look more like Jesus and act more like Jesus than the culture around them.