Walking in the Spirit - DJ Dickerson - 3/22/26

In your Bibles, I would encourage you to

go to that of Galatians chapter 5.

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Galatians chapter 5. And which we are

Galatians 5 · chapter mention

going to be considering

something the kids that they've been

learning in this throughout this past

quarter. Uh our kids in their Bible

classes have been studying uh one of the

most beautiful descriptions of Christian

character found anywhere in scripture.

And we commonly note this as being the

fruit of the spirit. And in Galatians

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chapter 5, I want us to note, we'll go

go ahead and jump into verses 16 down

through verse 25. If you're turning over

there to Galatians 5:16-2,

I usually try to do lessons as we go

throughout the the evenings, but I had a

different plan this this uh this past

month during the quarter. And so I'm

going to try to fit it all in in one

lesson. We'll see how that goes. All

right. Uh Galatians chapter 5 beginning

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in verse 16. Let's read together 16

through 25.

I say then, walk in the spirit and you

shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

For the flesh lust against the spirit,

and the spirit against the flesh, and

these are contrary to one another, so

that you do not do the things that you

wish. But if you are led by the spirit,

you are not under the law. Now the works

of the flesh are evident, which are

adultery, fornication, uncleanness,

lwdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred,

contentions, jealousies, outburst of

wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions,

heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness,

realies, and the like. of which I tell

you beforehand, just as I also told you

in time past that those who practice

such things will not inherit the kingdom

of God. But the fruit of the spirit is

love, joy, peace, longsuffering,

kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, self-control.

Against such there is no law. And those

who are Christ have crucified the flesh

with its passions and desires. If we

live in the spirit, let us also walk in

the spirit.

What we noted in this passage is the

apostle Paul contrasting two completely

different ways of living. On one hand,

he describes the works of the flesh,

which we would consider to be the very

natural behavior that flows from a life

that's controlled by natural man and its

sinful desires. He lists things such as

hatred, jealousy, selfish ambition,

drunkenness, and immorality. All of

those things, it's a quite an extensive

list. And these are called works because

they are the predictable

output of a life that's governed by the

flesh.

But then what Paul does in that text is

he turns our attention to something very

different. He writes again, "But the

fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace,

longsuffering, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentle self-control.

against such there is no law. And what I

want us to notice again as we kind of

zoom in on verses 22 and 23 is that that

Paul does not say fruits of the spirit.

Sometimes that's kind of the idea we

might sometimes throw out there. We say

fruits, but really if you look at it, he

says fruit and we know that to be

singular, right? It's not plural, it's

singular. So what we're gathering from

that is that these qualities together

describe the character that grows in the

life of a person who is truly walking in

the spirit. One who is walking with God.

And if we can kind of think about this

is several times you'll find this kind

of pictures or imagery throughout the

scriptures. Uh I was thinking about John

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chapter 15 for for example. where Jesus

used a similar picture when he described

himself as the vine and his disciples

were what? The branches. He said that

those who abide in him, what are they

going to do? They will bear much fruit.

In other words, spiritual fruit is the

natural result of a life that remains

connected to Christ.

Kind of keep that imagery for a moment.

If we imagine walking uh into an orchard

that during harvest season, you think

about rows of trees that that just

stretch across the field. And we might

say and and think about the images here

of those that are loaded with uh bright

and beautiful fruit. Um think about

apples, you know, hanging heavy on the

branches, peaches glowing in the

sunlight and oranges full and ripe. But

then you notice something strange.

Something catches your attention that

one has tree one one of the uh tree has

leaves. They have branches and even

looks healthy from a distance.

Yet when you walk closer to inspect it,

there's no fruit anywhere on the tree.

Now imagine the owner walking beside you

and he stops at that tree and he looks

at it carefully and the leaves are

there. Again, the branches are there,

the roots are in the ground, but again,

no fruit.

And the question that naturally arises

is this.

If a fruit tree

produces no fruit,

what is wrong with the tree? That's

really the natural question.

In other words, when you think about the

illustration Jesus gives in Matthew

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chapter 7 and verses 16- 20, he hits on

this. Matthew 7 16- 20, you will know

them by their fruits. Do men gather

grapes from thorn bushes or figs from

thistles? Even so, every good tree bears

good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad

fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad

fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good

fruit. Every tree that does not bear

good fruit is cut down and thrown into

the fire. Therefore, by their fruits you

will know them.

Jesus is saying something very simple

here. Something I think we certainly can

understand is that fruit reveals the

nature of the tree.

Think about it. You can paint a a tree

trunk. You can polish the leaves. You

can decorate the branches. But you

cannot fake fruit.

can't do it

because fruit is the natural result of

what's happening where

what's happening inside the tree.

And the same is true spiritually. A

Christian life is not defined merely by

what we claim. Anyone can go around say

I am a Christian

by what we say or or what we know.

A Christian life is revealed by the

fruit that grows from it. That is why

Paul tells us in Galatians 5 that when a

person walks in the spirit as the title

of this lesson is when we walk in the

spirit certain qualities begin to grow

in their life. Again, what are those

qualities? Well, let's back it up for a

second here. Galatians 5:22 and 23.

Galatians 5:22

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,

goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,

self-control.

What he's saying, these are the fruit

that show the world that Christ truly

lives within us. And the question we

must ask ourselves this evening is

simply this. What kind of fruit is

growing on the tree of my life?

We're going to briefly consider these

qualities. character. And as you know, I

could certainly spend a lot of time with

each one of these, but again, I told you

I'm going to try to just encapsulate

each one the best that I can for this

particular lesson and summarizing.

So, let's let's jump to number one, and

that is what's listed first is that of

love.

And when I thought about love, love is

really the foundation of all Christian

character. I think we know that because

interestingly the first fruit that Paul

mentions is love. And again I believe

it's listed first for a reason because

love is the foundation upon which all of

the other fruit grow. Without love,

the rest lose their meaning

of love that we speak of. It's not

merely an emotion. It's not merely an

affection.

It is actually a deliberate commitment

to seek the good of another person.

We spent actually several lessons a

while it's been a while back now but if

you can remember of course the series

that was done a way more excellent and

that had to do with that of love in 1

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Corinthians chapter 13 we know that is

to a passage there Paul was writing the

Corinthian brethren he speaks pretty

good uh depth there on that of love and

I'm not going to repreach all of that

but verses 1 through3 I would submit to

you to look at that one

he makes a really strong point Here he

said, "Though I speak with the tongues

of men of angels, but have not love, I

have become sounding brass or a clanging

symbol. And though I have the gifts, the

gift of

but have not love, I am nothing. And

though I bestow all my goods to feed the

poor, though I give my body to be

burned, but have not love, it profits me

nothing." Paul is simply emphasizing the

importance and the significance of this

very quality of love.

He's writing very simply that even if a

person could have all of these things,

possess all knowledge even or perform

great acts of sacrifice without love, it

would amount to nothing.

The greatest example that you find of

this love is seen in Jesus of course in

John 15 and verse 13 where he said

greater love has no one than this than

to lay down one's life for his friends.

When you think about Jesus and at the

cross how he demonstrated the ultimate

expression of love. He willingly gave

his life for people who had sinned

against him. That's that sacrificial

type love, isn't it? I mean, I I even

think about that in relation to how he

speaks about husbands, love your wives

even as Christ also loved the church,

gave himself for her.

Ephesians 5:25 talks about that.

Ephesians 5:25

When the spirit of God is at work in our

lives, that same love begins to shape

how we treat others. That's why you

think about love being number one here

listed in the fruit of the spirit.

Because love causes us to forgive when

we have been wronged, wronged. Love

causes us to serve rather than demand to

be served. Love causes us to care deeply

about the spiritual welfare of others.

And again, Jesus said that this love

would actually be the defining mark of

his followers. Didn't he say that? Well,

if you look at John 13 and verse 34 and

35, you're going to notice it. Look,

look for yourselves. Don't take DJ's

word for it. A new commandment I give to

you, that you love one another as I have

loved you, that you also love one

another. Look at verse 35. By this all

will know that you are my disciples

if you have love for one another. So

friends, what I would point out when you

think about this first fruit, love, and

I could speak on and on and on about

about this one definitely as well as the

other ones that we're going to talk

about. Simply this, if love is missing,

the tree cannot produce healthy fruit.

It's not going to happen.

Let's go to the second one. Joy.

Well, listen. Joy here is a deep

gladness rooted in God.

There there you know sometimes we hear

the word joy. We also hear the word

happiness. And sometimes those what

happens we get those confused. Um and

joy is often confused with happiness.

But the two are actually very different.

And if you ever just take the time and

think about it. Uh happiness a lot of

times what it does depends on

circumstances doesn't. uh when things

are going well well we feel happy. Uh

when difficulties arise what happens to

the happiness? It fades away.

But joy is deeper than that. Joy is

rooted in our not in our circumstances

but in our relationship with God. And

you see that actually throughout

scriptures. You see it uh Paul is one of

those who demonstrated this very truth

in his own life. uh many of the letters

he wrote in the New Testament were

written while he was where

in prison

yet in the book of Philippians why do we

call that the epistle of joy

we're thinking well if I was in lock

lock lock down then I don't know again I

always use that example if we were

writing Philippians uh you know ours

would it sound something like this the

food is horrible it's ark in here. You

should see the rodents. I mean, I don't

know. I mean, you know, you just think

of all the things that you know that we

would be writing about.

But yet Paul, even in his circumstances,

what is he doing?

He is repeatingly

encouraging believers to rejoice. I

mean, look at Philippians 4 and verse4

for example. Rejoice in the Lord always.

Again, I will say, rejoice.

Now, again, how could Paul rejoice while

sitting in a prison cell? Because his

joy was anchored in the unchanging

promises of God. He knew that his sins

were forgiven, his life belonged to

Jesus, and his future was secure.

For the Christian, as we find from the

scriptures, is joy flows from the

assurance that God is in control. Yes,

storms may rise. Trials may certainly

come. Disappointments certainly will

occur. But the believer still possesses

a deep gladness rooted in the hope of

eternal life.

Paul describes this joy as one. Look at

this. 1 Peter 1:es 6-9.

In this you greatly rejoice,

though now for a little while, if need

be, you have been grieved by various

trials, that the genius of your faith

being much more precious than gold that

perishes. Though it is

with joy inexpressable and full of

glory, receiving the end of your faith,

the salvation of your souls.

See how Peter described this joy? He

described it as inexpressable

and full of glory. We're checking the

tree today, right? We're checking the

tree. How are we doing with love? How

are we doing with joy? Are we walking in

the spirit? It's the question that's

being posed in this lesson. We're doing

some uh tree inspection.

Next one that we'll look at briefly as

well is that of peace.

the calm of a heart reconciled to God. I

believe that another beautiful fruit

that's that's falling right in line

obviously in what we're talking about

it's produced by the spirit is peace

that at its deepest level uh peace

refers to the reconciliation between God

and man. Uh before obedience to the

gospel our sins separate us from God. We

know that from Isaiah. Uh Isaiah talks

about that the Lord's hand is not

shortened that it cannot save, his ear

heavy that it cannot hear, but your

sins, your iniquities have separated you

from your God. Isaiah 59:es 1 and two

says that tells us that sin has created

a barrier between humanity and the

creator. But through Christ that

separation can be removed. Paul explains

this even in Romans 5 and verse one.

Look at that. Romans 5 and verse one.

Therefore, having been justified by

faith, we have

that the penalty had already been paid.

The sense of relief reflects something

of the peace that comes from knowing our

sins have been forgiven.

And the fruit of peace also extends

beyond our relationship with God. What

does it do? It influences how we treat

others.

Because what are Christians called to

be? What is that

peaceably with all men? A lot of times

people have taken that word you out of

there and have put it depends on that

other person whether I'm going to live

peaceably with them at all. That's not

the way that reads. It says, "If it is

possible, as much as depends on you and

me." Okay?

He's saying, "Christians, we're called

to be peacemakers, not troublemakers.

A spiritled life seeks harmony,

reconciliation, and unity rather than

conflict and division." Let's check that

fruit. We got that one. All right, let's

go to our next one. Longsuffering.

I think if you say it that way, it kind

of helps out kind of understand about

how longsuffering works. Uh patient

endurance with others,

you know, and again depending on

translation you might be using, you you

might see the word longsuffering there,

but but it simply means patience. Um

especially patience with people.

Longsuffering

describes the ability to endure wrong uh

in

retaliating.

It is the opposite of having a quick

temper.

The greatest example of longsuffering is

the creator God himself.

Throughout history, God has demonstrated

remarkable longsuffering

toward humanity.

Even when people have rebelled against

him repeatedly,

he has continued to extend opportunities

for repentance. Do you know that that's

still happening today?

I means

and we see how people have treated us

judgment would be pretty quick. What do

you think?

I think it would be like they not going

to do me that way. They're not going

See, that's quick, ain't it? But think

about what Peter is saying in second

Peter 3 and verse 9. The Lord is not

slack concerning his promise as some

count slackness, but is what?

Longsuffering toward us, not willing

that any should perish, but that all

should come to repentance.

And I thought that if God has shown such

patience toward us, and he is

longsuffering toward us, how can we

refuse to show patience longsuffering

toward others?

Because in everyday life,

people who disappoint us,

people who hurt us,

longsuffering allows us to respond

with patience rather than anger.

And it reflects the heart of a person

who understands

how a patient, long-suffering God has

been within.

How's our tree looking? How's the fruit?

Let's look at the next one. Kindness.

Compassion in action.

Well, kindness certainly is another

fruit that grows in the life of a

spirit-led Christian

because kindness is it refers to a

gentle uh compassionate attitude toward

others. Paul commands believers and when

you look at Ephesians chapter 4, look at

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verse 31 and 32, some things he said we

got to put away. Uh part of that again

he says let all bitterness wrath anger

clamor and evil speaking be put away

from you with all malice and be kind to

one another tenderhearted forgiving one

another even as God in Christ forgave

you. You see kindness often reveals

itself through simple acts that may seem

small but actually can carry great

significance.

A kind word of encouragement, a helping

hand offered to someone in need, a

gentle response instead of a harsh

reply. Those are examples. Of course, in

a world that often feels cold and harsh.

I think you would agree we live in a

world that's cold and harsh. Kindness,

on the other hand, reflects the heart of

Christ.

One of the clearest examples that you'll

find is what Jesus does in Luke chapter

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10 with that of the good Samaritan. The

parable that he gives there. We remember

that parable, right? And think about in

Luke chapter 10 how uh you know you had

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the priest and you had believe they they

went on the other side. Uh but yet what

did this good Samaritan do for that man

who was beaten and robbed? they do for

him. Took care of him.

He showed compassion.

He showed kindness

that while others passed by a wounded

man lying on the road, the Samaritan

stopped, cared for his wounds, and in

shared he received help. And what did

Jesus teach at the end of that? Go and

do

likewise.

Kindness

is love expressed in practical ways.

That's really what kindness is.

Love expressed in practical ways.

The next one we find is goodness, which

is a life of moral integrity. A life of

moral integrity. This would refer

goodness refers to moral excellence. Uh

we we also use the word of upright

character. Uh it involves more than

simply avoiding wrongdoing. Of course,

that's important. We want to avoid

wrongdoing,

but it involves actively pursuing what

is good and right. In Ephesians chapter

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5, you go to Ephesians chapter 5, you're

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going to notice that Paul speaks on this

to the church Ephesus in Ephesians 5.

Look at verses 8 down through verse 11.

For you were once darkness, but now you

are light in the Lord. Walk as children

of light. Look at this part. Verse nine.

For the fruit of the spirit is in all

goodness, righteousness, and truth,

finding out what is acceptable to the

Lord. And have no fellowship with the

unfruitful works of darkness, but rather

expose them.

Paul is simply making a a powerful

statement, if you will, about a person,

how they're characterized by goodness,

that they strive to live honest in with

integrity and in righteousness,

and their life reflects the moral

character of God.

Jesus taught in Matthew chapter 5 and

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verse 16, "Let your light so shine

before men that they may see your good

works and glorify your father in

heaven."

Now, we live in a world where dishonesty

and corruption often dominate headlines.

We know that.

And although we live in a world of such,

Christians should stand out as people

whose lives demonstrate

integrity

and moral clarity.

Goodness.

Goodness. A life of moral integrity.

Then we find the next one. Faithfulness.

I think you know that one pretty simple

to the point too. steadfast loyalty to

God. Uh we would a lot of definitions

have been g given for faithfulness. Uh

but when you start describing it, it's

reliability.

Uh steadfast commitment. Uh a faithful

person is someone who we can say that

person is dependable,

someone who can be trusted to remain

loyal and true. Well, how does scripture

emphasize

about what what it emphasize about God?

Well, God himself is described as being

faithful throughout history. He has kept

every promise that he has made.

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1 and verse

9, "God is faithful by whom you are

called into the fellowship of his son

Jesus Christ our Lord." And because God

is faithful, his people must do what? We

must reflect the same quality in our

lives. Because faithfulness means that

we continue to serve God consistently

even when circumstances

become difficult. Talked about that in

our Bible class as well just recently

about those who were under intense

persecution and oppression. What did

they continue to do?

They continued to preach and to teach

and to live their lives as disciples of

Christ. And even as Jesus would say, "Be

thou faithful unto death, even if it

means death, and you shall receive a

crown of life." In Revelations 2 and

verse 10, that's what faithfulness is.

Faithfulness is not measured by

occasional enthusiasm by uh but but by a

long lifelong perseverance.

That's endurance.

Hebrews chapter 12 is one that just

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comes to my mind

when we're told in verse one of Hebrews

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chapter 12. Therefore, we also, since we

are surrounded by so great a cloud of

witnesses, let us lay aside every weight

and the sin which so easily ens snare

us, and let us run with endurance the

race that is set before us, looking unto

Jesus, the author and finisher of our

faith, who for the joy that was set

before him endured the cross,

despising the shame, and sat and has sat

down at the right hand of the throne of

God. For consider him who endured such

hostility from sinners against himself,

lest you become weary and discouraged in

your souls. He's saying, "Stay faithful.

Endure.

Be faithful."

The next one we see is generalists in

our list here.

that is I believe best described as

strength controlled by humility.

Gentleness has often been misunderstood

as weakness.

But in scripture, it describes strength

that is restrained and guided actually

by humility.

Jesus is described, I think we all

agree, Jesus certainly was powerful,

right? He was certainly powerful.

It's the son of the living God.

But how else is Jesus described? Well,

in Matthewap 11 29, he said, "Take my

yoke upon you and learn from me, for I

am gentle and lowly

in heart, and you will find rest for

your souls." He's described as being

gentle and lowly in heart. Yet, the same

Jesus possessed the authority to calm

storms, to cast out demons, and to

confront injustice.

Gentleness is strength under control. It

influences really how we correct others,

how we respond to conflict, how we

handle disagreements.

Don't you see this word throughout the

scriptures just like Paul who was

instructing believers in Galatians 6 and

verse one to restore those who have

fallen in a spirit of what?

Gentleness. Look at it, brethren. If a

man is overtaken in any trespass, you

who are spiritual, restore such a one in

a spirit of gentleness, considering

yourself, lest you also be tempted. So

what he's saying is rather than

responding harshly or arrogantly, the

gentle Christian,

there's that fruit

seeks to help others with humility and

compassion.

We're called to have that fruit of

gentleness.

Then we have this one

before we close is that of self-control.

This is what the kids were learning this

morning and throughout this week.

Self-control,

mastery over one's desires.

Self-control

refers to the discipline

required to govern our thoughts, our

desires, and our actions.

The world often encourages people to

follow their impulses.

I mean, that's what that's what society

is teaching. Uh even those that would

say follow your heart. Don't do that

because the Bible makes it clear that by

following your heart, what's the

scripture say? It is deceitful above all

else.

Guided by our emotions, just on whatever

whim that we have, that's not what the

scriptures teach.

Scriptures teach the opposite of what

our world is saying. Follow your

impulses. Christians are called to have

this fruit of self-control in exercising

control over their lives. Paul spoke on

this in 1 Corinthians chapter 9 and

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verse 27. Look at that. 1 Corinthians 9

and verse 27. What did he say? But I

discipline my body and bring it into

subjection less when I have preached to

others I myself should become

disqualified.

You know, we see a lot of the the uh

imagery that examples, illustrations,

whichever word you want to use for that

that we find in the scriptures to

describe this. Uh part of that is the

athletic part that that's used. And just

as athletes will train their bodies for

competitions, believers must train

themselves spiritually.

Self-control enables us to do certain

things. like resist temptation. How

about guard our speech? How about live

according to God's will rather than our

own impulses? That's what self-control

does.

Did you know that Peter includes

self-control

as an essential quality of spiritual

growth? Did y'all know that? Second

Peter chapter 1:es 5-8.

It's important to spiritual growth.

Second Peter 1:es 5-8. But also for this

very reason, giving all diligence, add

to your faith virtue, to virtue

knowledge, to knowledge, self-control,

to self-control, perseverance. To

perseverance, godliness, to godness,

brother kindness, and a brother kindness

love. For if these things are yours and

abound, you be neither barren nor

unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord

Jesus Christ.

essential.

Absolutely essential.

Friends, Paul concludes this section as

I bring the lesson to a close by

reminding believers very simply in

verses 24 and 25 of Galatians 5. And

those who are Christ have crucified the

flesh with its passions and desires. If

we live in the spirit, let us also walk

in the spirit.

Let me submit to you tonight, the fruit

of the spirit does not appear instantly.

I know we that's kind of our minds, but

I sure do wish that that would just poof

and there it is. Well, just as fruit

grows gradually on a tree, Christian

character develops as we continue

walking with God.

I want us to remember this. God is not

simply looking at the leaves of our

life.

Think about that. What that represents,

I would say, is our appearance, our

words, our routines. What he's looking

for is fruit. Fruit.

Fruit that reflects his son. Fruit that

reveals a truly transformed heart. fruit

that shows we are truly walking in

the spirit.

And I think this is a profound truth

here as well. Fruit is not something we

force.

It is something that God forms

when we simply stay connected to him.

Isn't that what Jesus was saying? John

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chapter 15

verse five.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He

who abides me and I in him bears

much fruit. Look the last part. For

without me you can do nothing. So the

question tonight is not am I trying

harder. The question is am I abiding

deeper?

Because when we truly walk with Christ,

you know what's going to happen? I'm

about to go through each one of these.

Y'all ready?

Love will grow.

Joy will rise. Peace will settle the

heart. Patience will endure. Kindness

will overflow. Goodness will shine.

Faithfulness will remain.

Gentleness will guide us. And

self-control

will guard our lives. And one day,

one day when the Lord walks the orchard

of our lives,

may he not find empty branches,

but a life full of fruit.

Fruit that brings glory to him.

So the question for each of us is this.

What kind of fruit is growing in our

lives? We went through all of those in a

brief setting and I hope that it has

encouraged you. I hope that we have done

some examination in our lives to see if

we have the fruit that God produces in

our life. He has shown us, his word

helps us and he is desiring for us to

walk in the spirit. If we live in the

spirit, let us also walk in the spirit.

And that's the lesson. I certainly do

appreciate your kind attention tonight

being here in this time to study and to

to uh worship God tonight and encourage

one another as you have done your own

inspection in your life. Again, don't

think about somebody else. You think

about yourself. As I thought about

myself and putting this lesson together

and a lot of the scriptures that I was

going back and forth and many others

that I wanted to put in here, but for

time I just could not uh with all that

we were going to cover.

But again, we're looking at the fruit of

our lives. What are we producing? What

does our tree look like, get that

imagery, and we'll say, you know, I can

work more on this. Let's let's be

resolved to do that. Let's be resolved

that we are truly going to walk in the

spirit as God has so desires of us. If

you haven't put on the body of Christ in

baptism, you can do that tonight. All

things, stand ready. Repent of your

sins, confess Jesus to be the son of God

and be baptized to arise and walk in

newness of life as Romans 6 verses three

and four says. As I always go back,

walking in newness of life, that's

walking in the spirit. That's where the

growth is going to happen. And that's

where we want to see the fruit produced

as we abide in Christ Jesus.