Galatians 5:22,23

Galatians 5:22,23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. God uses many illustrations in the Bible to help us understand spiritual truths, and Paul uses the illustration of fruit here in Galatians. If you are a Christian, you will have the fruit of the Spirit of God. Here is an interesting statement: an apple tree isn’t an apple tree because it has apples on it; an apple tree has apples on it because it is an apple tree on the inside. That sounds confusing, but it isn’t. The inside will determine what kind of fruit will appear on the outside. Love, joy, and peace are not things that we do in order to become a Christian; we are a Christian, and will naturally have love, joy, and peace in our lives because we are Christians. We are not Christians because we do good things; we are Christians, and because we are, we will do good things. Just like an apple tree has apples on it; real Christians will have good things in their lives like love, joy, and peace.