When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear....

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: 

love, 

joy, 

peace, 

patience, 

kindness, 

goodness, 

faithfulness,

gentleness, 

and self-control.

There is no law against these things!

Galatians 5:19, 22-23 NLT

Paul's letter starts with his concern for the church, that they're following false teaching, he reiterates that the Good News is all about faith in Jesus and that brings freedom, freedom from the law these false teachers want to hold them under, and he describes the inner battles that we have and the work of the Spirit in that battle.

It's a battle of our heart desires, wanting what we want, and he hits us now with this idea of the consequences, the impact, the fruit of following our desires compared to the fruit of the Spirit.

It's a heart thing.

Less of me, more of Him, and the fruit is 

love, 

joy, 

peace, 

patience, 

kindness, 

goodness, 

faithfulness,

gentleness, 

and self-control.

This fruit doesn't stand in contrast to God's law, but fulfils it, faith expressed in love, the faithline that connects us to Abraham, to Jesus,   finds its expression in Spirit led freedom, and the fruit is;

love, 

joy, 

peace, 

patience, 

kindness, 

goodness, 

faithfulness,

gentleness, 

and self-control.

#letters

#Galatians 

#itsaheartthing

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