Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Now we see what the characteristics of those that belong to God. The fruits of the spirit are Godly attitudes that characterize the lives of only those who belong to God by faith in Christ and possess the Spirit of God. The Spirit produces fruit which consists of 9 characteristics or attitudes that are inextricably linked with each and are commanded of believers throughout the New Testament. I will not go through each one but we can see the first one is love. I believe it is first because if we love like Christ loved us all these characteristics will develop in us. As we said earlier, there is no law against all of these good things. We would not even need a police force, if these were active in everyone’s lives. We must crucify our own flesh. We must get in obedience to the Spirit of God. If we truly are Christ’s, then we have turned everything over to Him. A man cannot have two masters, either the flesh will rule, or the Spirit. Please attend church today and see what God can do for you today to help you grow stronger each day.