UNCOMMON ANSWERS
Fruit of the Spirit
Fruit - anything produced or accruing; product, results or effect.
1. Where does the Spirit of God abide? (I Corinthians. 3:16, 6:19, Romans 8:9)
What is the results - the fruit - of God’s Spirit being there? (Romans 6:22)
2. Do all Christians bear the same amount of fruit? (Mark 4:20, John 15:1-2)
3. Are we purged in order to bear more fruit? (John 15:1-2)
How? (John 15:3, Ephesians 5:25-27)
4. The fruit - the product, results or effect - of God’s Spirit being in us is described in Gal. 5:22-23.
Consider and define each of these results of the presence of God's Spirit:
a) Love
b) Joy
c) Peace
d) Longsuffering
e) Kindness
f) Goodness
g) Faithfulness
h) Gentleness
i) Self Control
5. Is God longsuffering and merciful towards us when we're being unfruitful? (Luke 13:6-8)
6. If we resist His efforts to be fruitful through us, what are the results?
(Luke 13:9, John 15:2a, 5-6)
Memory Work: John 15:5- I am the vine, you are the branches:
He who abides in me, and I in Him, bears much fruit;
for without me you can do nothing.