19/11/2025
*CONFLICT RESOLUTION - (2)*
As recognition of a believer’s identity is key to his love walk, let’s examine further the believer’s identity.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Vs 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
The word ‘fruit’ in the above text refers to the product of or the result of. Hence Paul states that the result of the spirit is Love. What then is the Spirit as Paul explains in this same book?
Galatians 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Vs 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Paul says they had begun in the spirit, received the spirit by the hearing of faith. What is this hearing of faith?
Galatians 1:8
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Vs 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Hence Paul refers to their salvation having heard and believed in the gospel.
Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Hence Paul points out that having believed the gospel, the believer is indwelt by the spirit of the Son. Therefore when Paul spoke of the fruit of the spirit, he was not referring to the believer producing actions. Rather he speaks of the result of the spirit, what the spirit in us has produced which is salvation, the new birth. Hence, the fruit of the spirit is the result of the spirit of the son in our hearts. Therefore, when a man got saved, he was born with love, meekness, temperance, patience, joy, goodness, peace, gentleness, goodness and faithfulness. Therefore, to walk in love is to