Faith Working Through Love: Fruit of the Spirit

Throughout Galatians, the Apostle Paul is making an argument that true life in the Spirit is obedience to Christ, and not the law. One can't earn or work for a right relationship with God and also declare that he trusts wholly in Christ. You can't have both in the economy of God. Similarly, in vv. 19-24, Paul is making the argument that works of the flesh are antithetical to the fruit of the Spirit. They are incompatible. The Spirit's fruit grows and emerges in those who wholly trust in Christ and live in obedience to God's way of doing things. How is fruit being borne in your life and in the life of ECPC?