The Fruit of the Spirit

What does a life lived walking in the Spirit look like?.
1. Paul shows us what it doesn’t look like -- v. 19-21
2. Paul contrasts that with the fruit of the Spirit
See Ephesians 5:8-13

I. The Fruit of the Spirit is Love

II. Examining the Fruit of the Spirit

A.  Spiritual Graces toward God
1.  Love  (agape)
    

2. Joy  (chara)
     
   

3. Peace (eirene)

B. Graces toward our Neighbor
1. Longsuffering/patience – (macrothumia)

2.   Kindness  (see 6:1)

3.  Goodness

C. Personal Discipline
1. Faithfulness (pistis) 4:12-20

2. Gentleness (Meekness)
   

3. Self-control
   

III. Against Such There Is No Law

 Law must condemn the works of the flesh.
 These graces, and others like them, are condemned by no law.
 These graces are the root principle fulfilling the laws demands v. 14.

Calvin “Thus, where the Spirit reigns, the law has no longer any dominion. By molding our hearts to His own righteousness, the Lord delivers us from the severity of the law, so that He does not deal with us according to its covenant, nor does He bind our consciences under its condemnation. Yet the law continues to perform its office of teaching and exhorting. But the Spirit of adoption sets us free from subjection to it.”