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September 2014
Section V
THE BELIEVER’S LIFE AND WALK:
FREE AND SPIRITUAL
Galatians 5:13–6:18
Study 3: A WALK BEARING GOD’S NATURE: THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Text: Galatians 5:22-26
Aim:
To produce a life that is marked with the Fruit of the
Spirit.
Memory Verse:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance: against such there is no law” (Ga.5:22-23).
INTRODUCTION:
When was the last time you took a bite from a beautiful orange
only to be disappointed by its flavor? Instead of enjoying a
sweet, juicy taste, you only tasted dry fruit. It looked like an
orange, smelled like an orange, and even felt like an orange.
But it did not taste like an orange should taste: sweet and juicy.
Instead, it was sour and dry. The Christian life can at times be
likened to an orange that is sweet and juicy, producing as
expected. However, many believers are offering a life that is
the exact opposite: sour and dry.
The believer is to walk bearing God’s nature: a life that is
marked by the Fruit of the Spirit. A life that is sweet and juicy.
Note that the fruit which is produced in the believer is the fruit
of the Spirit. God is in the business of producing top-quality
fruit which is abundant and eternal. The believer has done
nothing to deserve this kind of fruit. The Fruit of the Spirit is an
act of the mercy and grace of a loving God.
A genuine believer stands before God approved and acceptable.
He is embraced and loved by God, looked after and cared for
by God. And he is the recipient of eternal life and of the
absolute assurance of eternal life. The believer has been
accepted by God because of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ died to
pay the penalty for man’s transgressions of the law. He died to
The Believer’s Life and Walk: Free and Spiritual
Galatians 5:13-6:18 —Teacher’s Outline and Study Bible™
C. A Walk Bearing God’s
Nature: The Fruit of
the Spirit, 5:22-26
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is
love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
gentleness,
goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ’s
have crucified the flesh with
the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let
us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of
vain glory, provoking one
another, envying one another.
1. The believer is to walk
bearing God’s nature
a. How: By the Holy Spirit
b. Purpose: To stand strong
against fleshly, carnal
acts, vv.19-20
2. The believer is to walk
bearing a crucified flesh
or sinful nature
3. The believer is to walk
consistently with his
position in God’s Spirit
4. The believer is to walk
free from super-
spirituality & envy