You Are Born With His Nature & Features

‘but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.  Against such there is no law’ (Gal 5:22-23).

In our opening verse the word ‘spirit’ is capitalized in the Bible.  So in the churches they teach that the Holy Spirit is the One who produces these fruits.  Jesus never said that the Holy Spirit produces the fruit.  Also notice, ‘the fruit of the spirit’ not fruits of the spirit.  Jesus said in John 15: 1,5 ‘I am the True Vine..you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in Him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.’  Galatians 5:22-23 is the fruit of the re-created human spirit, the bornagain ones. It is the branch that produces the fruits and the Holy Spirit enables the branches.

Biologically we are born with the nature and features of our parents.  But the Bible says in John 1: 12-13, ‘but as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become  the children of God to those who believe in His Name; who were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.’  As the children of God get to know who you are in Christ and what you have in Christ through studying God’s Word.  You are not trying to love someone but you have God’s Love in your heart to walk in His Love according to (Romans 5:5); you are not asking God for patience but you have his nature to show patience; you have self-control in you; so you have to use it.   

If you buy a new mobile the first thing you do is check all the features and start to use them because they are there to serve your purpose.  As a child of God you are born with His nature and features.  Cultivate them, develop them and flow in them.  Now the Holy Spirit is the One who guide you into all the Truth will enable you to walk in them.  Every good thing is in you. 

Naturally, children never learn to lie but they lie; spiritually you are designed to love because you are born of Love.  As a new creation in Christ you will walk in love because it is your nature to love.  You have joy inside you so you can choose to be joyful. You have peace of God in you so you can let His peace reign and rule you .  As you find out what is in you, believe and start to walk in them.  This is where meditating God’s Word comes.  You renew your mind through the Word of God according to Rom 12: 1-2.  In the book of Philemon 1:6 says, ‘that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgement of EVERY GOOD THING WHICH IS IN YOU IN CHRIST JESUS.’

As a child of God take advantage of every good thing in you.  Don’t strive or struggle but abide in the True Vine.  Paul said in the book of Philippians 2:12-13, ‘therefore my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.’

Pray with me :  

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for every good thing in me.  Enlighten the eye of my understanding to know the riches of the glory of Your inheritance in me and to experience what is the exceeding greatness of Your power toward us who believe according to the working of Your mighty power which You worked in Christ.  In Jesus Name. Amen.

Further Study: 1 Cor 2:16; 2 Cor 3:18; James 1:22-25; Joshua 1:8