Paul wrote in Galatians 5:22-23: the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Our lives are like a garden. But what kind of garden is your life displaying? Is it one abounding in beautiful fruit, fragrant flowers, and life-giving foliage? Or is it filled with thorns, thistle, dead trees, and dry barren leaves that will burn quickly destroying lives? Is the soil so hardened that the seeds of God’s word cannot grow? For a garden to grow and bear, it requires allowing the Master Gardener to till the soil, prune the leaves, and remove the dead, barren leaves. Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other (Galatians 5:16-17).
Jesus said, Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing (John 15:4-5). The life-giving sap comes from Jesus Christ, who died and rose again victoriously that we might have life in Him. No branch can produce fruit apart from the vine nourishing it, watering it, and filling it with life. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, we are given life, a dead branch grafted into the vine. The Holy Spirit enters our spirit to guide, comfort and produce fruit. Yet, we must allow the Spirit to do His Work in us.
A Garden Abounding with Fruit, or Not
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