01/30/2025
Fruit vs gifts
So much being said about this.
‘I would rather have the fruit of the spirit, than have the gifts of the spirit’.
Well I would rather have both. One is the result of the new nature in me that changed my DNA. THE other are gifts that He uses to love people and the lost.
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:16-26 NKJV
All these ‘s’ on spirit should be lower case. Paul is not referring to Holy Spirit, he is referring to our spirit. Our nature. The DNA of God.
I believe Paul is talking about the new nature. Our born again spirit.
The fruit of the spirit is the fruit of our new nature that was placed in us by Holy Spirit at the new birth. The fruit is a result of us walking according to the mind of Christ. God is love and notice the first fruit listed is LOVE. In fact if you are perfected in His love, it casts fear out and all of its relatives and friends.
the Holy Spirit did not come to set us free from sin. The new nature did that. He comes to enforce the fact that we ARE FREE! Holy Ghost comes to baptize us in order so He can edify and pray the mysteries through us. He comes to bring the power and glory of God.
He comes to remind us what Jesus said and who Jesus is.
He also comes to bring the power for our destinies.
Even when Jesus walked on the earth, when Jesus healed the sick, raised the dead and cast out devils, it was Holy Spirit that actually did the work as Jesus used His authority. Just like we’re supposed to.
I’ve heard some say ‘they speak with tongues and gossip’. They make it sound like praying in tongues is in vain if you have a problem in the flesh. Keep praying in tongues and it will convince you that you’ve been set free from the flesh and its work.
It is THE REVELATION OF JESUS THE LIVING WORD that causes us to walk in the mind of Christ.
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are the ones listed in 1 Corinthians 12. The gifts bring the power of God for others. The fruit is a result of the power of the new nature in us.
Some think that in order to pray in tongues and fast you need to STOP gossiping and doing things of the flesh.
Fasting and prayer is to help you get rid of the unbelief that makes you think that the flesh is ok.
Prayer and fasting humbles myself in order to move myself from unbelief into faith to believe I am actually like Jesus! C’mon!