Lunch & Learn: Fruit, not Fruits

Fruit, Not Fruits

📖 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.”

Word: Karpos (καρπός) — fruit, produce, result.

Thought: Paul says fruit, singular. He isn't presenting a spiritual personality test where we choose the qualities that suit us. Together, these characteristics describe the kind of life the Spirit produces as Christ forms His people.

Go Deeper: Read Matthew 7:16–20, John 15:1–8 and Galatians 5:16–25. Trace the Bible's picture of roots, source and fruit.

Consider: Which aspect of the Spirit's fruit is least visible in me?

Challenge: Don't merely try harder to produce that quality. Ask the Spirit to expose what is preventing its growth.