Fruits of the Spirit ...do you know G-d?
When the Spirit of G-d is present in someone, it shows up in our
character. In other words, the Holy Spirit changes the way we live our life so
that it is good for the people around us. Yeshua calls it the 'fruit of the Spirit',
and just like the fruit grown by a tree, it can nourish and sustain people all
around it.
It's easy to criticize someone who is not showing us their fruit, but what does
that say about our fruit? We all have difficult days and sometimes it can spill
over into weeks or months. What are you actively doing to help that one in
need? Our deeds (actions) and not our prayers are our fruit. Even the lost
reach out to plead for favor from Him in prayer. It is written that we are saved
by grace through faith. It is also written that faith without works (our deeds)
is dead. And what fruit comes out of a dead tree?
Man has learned that a bountiful harvest was a time of great celebration.
Families would gather for dances and other social activities once all the hard
work was finished because survival (salvation) was more likely expected than
in less fruitful years. Abundant fruit from an orchard is seen as cause for
hope and celebration. This concept is easy to see in Spiritual matters as well.
Abundant spiritual fruit also breeds hope and is well worth celebrating.
What does the Word say about Fruit of the Spirit?
Matthew 3:8-10: You must do the things which will show that you really have
changed your hearts! Don't think this to yourselves: `Abraham is our father!'
I tell you that G-d could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.
The ax is now ready to cut the trees down. Every tree which does not pro-
duce good fruit is being cut down and thrown into fire.
Matthew 7:15-2: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that
saith unto me, L-rd, L-rd, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Galatians 5:22-26: But the Spirit produces: love, joy, peace, patience, kind-
ness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. There is no law against
things such as these. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their
own human nature to crosses, along with feelings and selfish desires. Since
we get life from Spirit, we should follow Spirit. We must not be conceited or
make trouble for each other. Neither should we be jealous of one another.
Proverbs 10:12: Hatred stirreth up strife; but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 17:9: Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats
a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 25:21-22: If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he
is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the L-rd will reward you.
Luke 6:27-35: “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to
those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who
takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who
begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand
them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners
love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you,
what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to
those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners
lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do
good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and
you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
John 13:34-35: A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another:
just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people
will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 12:9-10: Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is
good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in
showing honor.
Galatians 5:6: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Philippians 1:9-11: And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and
more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is
excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the
fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise
of God.
1 Peter 4:8: Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers
a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:14: We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we
love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
1 John 4:7-21: Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from G-d, and
whoever loves has been born of G-d and knows G-d. Anyone who does not
love does not know G-d, because G-d is love. In this the love of G-d was
made manifest among us, that G-d sent his only Son into the world, so that
we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved G-d but that
he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if
G-d so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen
G-d; if we love one another, G-d abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us
of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to
be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of G-d,
G-d abides in him, and he in G-d. So we have come to know and to believe
the love that G-d has for us. G-d is love, and whoever abides in love abides
in G-d, and G-d abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we
may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are
we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For
fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in
love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love G-d,” and
hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he
has seen cannot love G-d whom he has not seen. And this commandment
we have from him: whoever loves G-d must also love his brother.
When the Spirit of G-d is present in someone, it shows up in our
character. In other words, the Holy Spirit changes the way we live our life so
that it is good for the people around us. Yeshua calls it the 'fruit of the Spirit',
and just like the fruit grown by a tree, it can nourish and sustain people all
around it.
It's easy to criticize someone who is not showing us their fruit, but what does
that say about our fruit? We all have difficult days and sometimes it can spill
over into weeks or months. What are you actively doing to help that one in
need? Our deeds (actions) and not our prayers are our fruit. Even the lost
reach out to plead for favor from Him in prayer. It is written that we are saved
by grace through faith. It is also written that faith without works (our deeds)
is dead. And what fruit comes out of a dead tree?
Man has learned that a bountiful harvest was a time of great celebration.
Families would gather for dances and other social activities once all the hard
work was finished because survival (salvation) was more likely expected than
in less fruitful years. Abundant fruit from an orchard is seen as cause for
hope and celebration. This concept is easy to see in Spiritual matters as well.
Abundant spiritual fruit also breeds hope and is well worth celebrating.
What does the Word say about Fruit of the Spirit?
Matthew 3:8-10: You must do the things which will show that you really have
changed your hearts! Don't think this to yourselves: `Abraham is our father!'
I tell you that G-d could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.
The ax is now ready to cut the trees down. Every tree which does not pro-
duce good fruit is being cut down and thrown into fire.
Matthew 7:15-2: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that
saith unto me, L-rd, L-rd, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Galatians 5:22-26: But the Spirit produces: love, joy, peace, patience, kind-
ness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. There is no law against
things such as these. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their
own human nature to crosses, along with feelings and selfish desires. Since
we get life from Spirit, we should follow Spirit. We must not be conceited or
make trouble for each other. Neither should we be jealous of one another.
Proverbs 10:12: Hatred stirreth up strife; but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 17:9: Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats
a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 25:21-22: If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he
is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the L-rd will reward you.
Luke 6:27-35: “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to
those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who
takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who
begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand
them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners
love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you,
what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to
those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners
lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do
good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and
you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
John 13:34-35: A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another:
just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people
will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 12:9-10: Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is
good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in
showing honor.
Galatians 5:6: For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
Philippians 1:9-11: And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and
more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is
excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the
fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise
of God.
1 Peter 4:8: Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers
a multitude of sins.
1 John 3:14: We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we
love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
1 John 4:7-21: Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from G-d, and
whoever loves has been born of G-d and knows G-d. Anyone who does not
love does not know G-d, because G-d is love. In this the love of G-d was
made manifest among us, that G-d sent his only Son into the world, so that
we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved G-d but that
he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if
G-d so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen
G-d; if we love one another, G-d abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us
of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to
be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of G-d,
G-d abides in him, and he in G-d. So we have come to know and to believe
the love that G-d has for us. G-d is love, and whoever abides in love abides
in G-d, and G-d abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we
may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are
we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For
fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in
love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love G-d,” and
hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he
has seen cannot love G-d whom he has not seen. And this commandment
we have from him: whoever loves G-d must also love his brother.
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