The Holy Spirit (Lesson - 6) What Is The Fruit Of The Spirit? This lesson is a study of the fruit of the Spirit. There are three important facts you
should know about your Christian life that are revealed in this study. Fact one: The Christian life is a life of discipline that takes a lot of time and
patience - literally, a lifetime. Fact two: The fruit of the Spirit comes from the presence of the Holy Spirit within
you. Fact three: The development of the fruit of the Spirit is evidence that you are growing
as a Christian. The first fact is found in James
5:7-9: (James 5:7): What are we to be?
_____________________________ (James 5:7): What is the time frame?
_________________________ (James 5:7): What does the farmer do?
(two words) He __________________________ and is _____________________________. James 5:8-9 applies this talk about the
farmer to our spiritual lives. Living the Christian life is a process of discipline. This
process is something that we do for a lifetime. The second fact is found in two scripture references: (Matthew 7:15-18) - Talks about two
kinds of trees and two kinds of fruit, what are they? ___________________ and ___________________. The idea is that if we are bad inwardly we
will produce bad fruit, but if we are good inwardly we will produce good fruit. In lesson 5 we looked at "The Spirit-Filled Life"
which tells us about the Natural Person and the Worldly or Carnal
Person. Neither of these kinds of people can be fruitful Christians, for they fall into
the category of a bad tree that produces bad fruit. But the Spiritual Person is the good
tree that produces good fruit. Read Galatians 5:16-18. The ________________________________ and the
_____________________________ are in conflict with each other. Read Galatians 5:19-21.
What is the warning given here?
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Read Galatians 5:22-26. How many fruits of the Spirit are there?
_________________ How are we to live? 1. (Galatians 5:25): ___________________________________________ 2. (Galatians 5:25): ____________________________________________ 3. (Galatians 5:26): ___________________________________________ The idea for the third fact is found in a prayer that Paul mentions: Read Philippians 1:9-11. In these verses Paul talks about Love, the first fruit of
the Spirit, increasing more and more. What else does he mention that will increase in our
life? ________________________ and depth of ________________________. Be patient with yourself as you grow in your life with Christ, but never let down your
guard. The Christian life is a life of discipline and hard work. Remember the rewards are
worth all of the effort we put into our relationship with God. (Click here for Lesson 06 answer sheet.)