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The Bible commands us to bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit
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However, how do you exactly do that? How can we produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit
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That's exactly what you will learn today. God and Jesus Christ command and expect us to bear good fruit
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and not just any ordinary fruit, but the fruit of the Holy Spirit. We know from Galatians 52223 that the fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering
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kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control. Now that we know all these, we must understand how we can produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit
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It is worth noting that it is called the fruit of the Holy Spirit and not the fruit of ourselves
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Left by ourselves, we can only be effective in doing the works of the flesh
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Though we can produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit to some degree, it will never be enough
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The first thing that we must realize is that we need the Holy Spirit for us to produce its fruit
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This leads us to another question. How do we receive the Holy Spirit
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The Apostle Peter clearly tells us, repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ
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for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Acts 3, verse 28
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In addition to this, we also need hands to be laid upon us, Acts 8, verse 17
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We must sincerely recognize that we are sinners, and we are nothing apart from God
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We need to confess our sins and genuinely repent of them After that we must be baptized by a minister of God and let hands be laid upon us This is the way we receive the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit can do marvelous things in us It is the
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power of God that enables us to change our ways. In fact, we can never overcome our sins and
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develop godly character without the help of the Holy Spirit. The second point we need to consider
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is that when we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, in effect, we are abiding in Christ
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We read in John 151, 4 to 5, I am the true vine, and my father is the vine dresser, abide in me and I in you
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As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you
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unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches
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He who abides in me and I in him bears much fruit, for without me you can do nothing
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From these verses, it is very clear that we are nothing without God in Christ
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Notice, in order for us to bear fruit, we must be attached to the vine
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The closer we are to God in Christ, the more fruits we can bear
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We need the spiritual nutrition that we get from God, and we can only obtain that if we abide in Christ
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If we stay stubborn and think that we can bear fruit by ourselves, fatal consequences await us
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As John 15 verse 6 tells us, if anyone does not abide in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered
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and they gather them and throw them into the fire and they are burned
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This is a frightening thought that we must all consider The bottom line is this If we want to bear fruit we must stay close to God and Jesus There no other way Finally there is one special way
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that we can abide in Christ. We can achieve this by staying close
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to the body of Christ. Notice I Corinthians 12, verse 12 to 1427
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For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body
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being many, are one body. So also is Christ. For by one spirit, we were
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are all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves are free, and have all been
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made to drink into one spirit, for in fact, the body is not one member but many. Now you are the
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body of Christ and members individually. The church is there to nourish us with spiritual food. Through
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the messages that we hear every Sabbath service, the teachings we read, and the advice we receive
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from our brethren, we can have the necessary wisdom to bear more fruit. As iron sharpens iron, we
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also spiritually grow when we are surrounded by like-minded people. In summary, how can we produce
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the fruit of the Holy Spirit? There are three things we must do. One, we need the Holy Spirit. Two, we need
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to abide in Christ. Three, we need to stay close to the Church. Commit to bearing the fruit
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of the Holy Spirit. Baring the fruit of the Holy Spirit is a lifelong process. Success does not come
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overnight and perfection will never be achieved while we are still in the flesh
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However this does not mean that we must not strive to produce the different aspects of the fruit of the Holy Spirit God commands and expects us to manifest the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives
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We will be judged by the fruits that we bear. So let us pray to God that He will give us an extra measure of the Holy Spirit
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and let it richly dwell in us. When we are full of the Holy Spirit, it will inevitably translate into the way we think, talk, and act
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Commit to bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit. We should not wait until we just feel like it or we don't have any other choice
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The best time to make this commitment is now. When we do, we will soon become effective Christians who are willing to do whatever it takes to be pleasing in the sight of God
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That's it for today's session. As we've discussed, cultivating the fruit of the Holy Spirit is the most rewarding habit you can develop
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By embracing these qualities, you demonstrate to God your genuine commitment to following Him
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That's it for today. I hope you now have a deeper understanding of how to effectively bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit
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With this newfound knowledge, may you become a more effective and zealous servant of God
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