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The Fruit of the Spirit
(Gal5:22-26)

God is a living person.
He reveals through His person that He lives (Is57:19), and
He rewards each person according to the fruit of his doings (Jer32:19).
 
Faith is longing and loving His person and
The life of this faith is revealing His person through me, that is, through the fruit of the Spirit.
 
Fruit is the farmer’s wish, the tree’s mission, the branch’s survival value (Jn15:1-8), and
The tree’s harvest, glory and character
As a tree is known by its fruit (Mt7:16-20).
 
Deceived by the devil’s lie, Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind became hellhound with the devil (Mt25:41).
 
While God rejoiced over Israel, whom He had delivered from Egypt,
As the firstfruits of His harvest (Jer2:3),
Because they consecrated themselves to the shameful idol and became vile (Hos9:10),
Their priest and prophet were killed in the sanctuary (La2:20),
They were punished because they turned away from God in their hearts (Jer12:2) which was
According to the fruit of their doings (Jer32:19).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He Himself would become the fruit that pleases the Father and
Bear fruit that pleases Him.
For he who sees Him sees the Father who sent Him (Jn12:45) and
He who sees the One who sent Him sees Him (Jn15:19), that is,
His fruit, His disciples (Jn15:8).
 
As He fell like a kernel of wheat and died (Jn12:24),
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)    Did the Father’s will looking ahead to the fruit of resurrection (Jn10:18);
2)    Judged the liar the devil (Jn8:44; 1Jn3:8); and
3)    Sprinkled His redeeming blood to reap much fruit of eternal life (Jn4:36-38).
 
As the firstfruit of resurrection, He ascended to heaven (1Co15:20), and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Enters the souls born again in the blood of Yeshua and
Lets them grow into the person of God, that is, into the divine nature (2Pe1:4)
For the kingdom of God is for a people who will produce its fruit (Mt21:43).
 
The man of the Spirit is he who is
Ashamed of his previous vain deeds (Rm6:15-23) and
No matter what, puts effort to bear good fruit (Lk6:43-44), the fruit of the Spirit (Gal5:22-23):
Love that spares no sacrifice (Jn13:34-35);
Joy that transcends any circumstance (Php4:4);
Peace that mediates between people (Mt5:9);
Patience like a father waiting for his child to become a man (2Pe3:9);
Kindness like a king who pities the ignorant (Lk23:34);
Goodness that shares the best (Gal6:10; 1Ti6:18; He13:16);
Faithfulness to one master, one king until death (Rev2:10, 17:14);
Gentleness that wins hearts by intentional compromise (Mt5:5); and
Self-control that governs passions, temper, tongue, and knowledge (Php3:7-9; 2Pe1:6).
This is because even now, the Lord delays time (Lk13:6-9),
Praying from the right hand of the throne (Rm8:34).
 
O Lord,
Instead of taking us away earlier
You have kept us alive to this day…
Therefore, help us become Your fruit, Your disciples whom You left behind on this earth.
Let those who see me see Yeshua. 
Lord, I want to be like Yeshua!  Amen.