The Fruit of the Spirit: Let the Spirit Lead

“Walk by the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16). “Walk by faith, not

by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). When you live your life in
the physical body based upon the things of heaven that
you cannot see, you are seeking spirituality.

Through the Spirit (Gal 5:4-5)

Phil 2:13
Clash of wills: My will = works of the flesh; His will
(He works through me) = fruit…
 Galatians 5:16, 18 & Romans 8:2
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Results of Yielding to the Spirit’s Lead:
Fruit (Gal 5:22ff)
Love (1 Cor 13:4-8a)
Unselfish & Impartial – Lk 6:27-31
Obedient -1 Jn 2:3-5
Godly - 1 Jn 2:15-17
Joy (Word used 60 times in the ESV NT)
"'Sisters,' she began, 'let me tell you what is happening, and who it is that we must fight. For there is
a war coming. I don't know who will join with us, but I know whom we must fight. It is the
Magisterium, the church. For all its history … it's tried to suppress and control every natural impulse.
And when it can't control them, it cuts them out… That is what the church does, and every church is
the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the church is on
one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to.'"
– Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife, p.52.
John 15:11
Peace (Three levels of spiritual peace)
Patience
Kindness (“chrestotes” - moral excellence in demeanor)
Goodness (“agathosune” – moral excellence in deed – virtue)
Faithfulness (Lit. “faith”)
Gentleness (1 Thessalonians 2:7; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 4:1-2; 1 Timothy 6:11; 1 Peter 3:15-16)
Self-control (Paul ends the list with a real clincher)

Being Led by the Spirit Means… (5:24-26)

(V. 24) It means you are a disciple of Christ and are spiritual.
(V. 25) It means you walk the walk.
(V. 26) Christians are the handiwork of God. He gets the glory… blesses me, church,
society.

Holy Spirit Series – Lesson 10 – Joshua Pappas