God The Holy Spirit - Lesson 16 - The Fruit of the Spirit - Bill Goring

In this episode, we examine what Scripture teaches about the fruit of the Spirit, measured against the standard God Himself has laid down in His Word. When we open the Bible with honest and careful study, we find that Scripture presents a clear and consistent picture of what it means to walk in the Spirit — not a list of spiritual experiences, but a harvest of godly character produced in the life of every faithful Christian. The apostle Paul writes in Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV), "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." This straightforward declaration from God's Word reminds us that the evidence of the Spirit's work in a life is not a singular sign or sensation, but a full, consistent character transformation — love, joy, peace, and the rest — worked out over time. When we commit ourselves to what the Bible actually says about the fruit of the Spirit, we find that Scripture is sufficient to show every Christian what a Spirit-led life truly looks like — calling us to examine our own fruit, walk in the Spirit rather than fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:16), and grow daily into the likeness of Christ — strengthening our confidence in God's Word as our reliable and authoritative guide.