Fruit Inspection

◌ The fruit of the H Spirit:
The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth proving what is acceptable unto Adonai (Ephesians 5:9 - 10)

The fruits * of the Spirit are * (see note below)
love
joy
peace
patience
gentleness (kindness)
goodness
faith(faithfulness)
meekness
self-control (Galatians 5:22)

Some Scriptures to consider:
 walk in love (Ephesians 5:2)
There is no fear in love [of G-d] (1 John 4:18)

 righteousness is sown in peace (James 3:18)
peaceable fruit of righteousness (Hebrews 12:11)

 Be thankful (Colossians 3:15)
[rather than sin] giving of thanks (Ephesians 5:4)

 meekness of wisdom (James 3:13)

 made free from sin . . . fruit of holiness (Romans 6:22)

I noticed in my studies last night the fruit of the Spirit is basically nouns and that Leviticus 17:10 - 20:27 tells how to live them out, making them action-verbs.

The L-rd sanctifies us (sets us apart), but he also commands us to sanctify ourselves (set ourselves apart).
He Sanctifies Us:
 Exodus 31:13 through the sign of the Sabbath
 Leviticus 20:9 through keeping His Torah
 Ezekiel 20:12 Sabbath as a gift of knowledge
 John 17:17 through truth -- His word
 Ephesians 5:26 through His word
 1 Thessalonians 5:23 the G-d of peace sanctifies us wholly
 Hebrews 13:12 by the shed blood of Yeshua

We Are Commanded to Sanctify Ourselves:
 Leviticus 11:44 by what we eat
 Leviticus 20:7 by worshiping G-d alone
 2 Chronicles 35:6 obedience
 John 17:17 through His word
 1 Peter 3:15 sanctify G-d in our hearts
 James 1:21 Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and {all} that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
24 for {once} he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the {law} of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his {own} heart, this man's religion is worthless.
27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of {our} God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, {and} to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Other Scriptures to aid in biblical ethics/sanctification:
 The book of James
 The Beatitudes
 The Sermon on the Mount
 The Ten Words and their Commentaries

But the bottom line is: "Love your neighbor as yourself. I AM the L-rd." -- The Royal Torah! Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31-33; Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14; James 28

* Where I used to attend, they strongly taught that it was the "fruit," not "fruits," of the H Spirit. Indeed, that is the way it is translated into English. But their purpose was to say that a believer has, at all times, the full strength of every part displayed at all times in their life: always walking in full love, always joyful, always peaceful, always patient (yet they spoke of being fearful of praying for patience!), always gentle (kindness), always displaying goodness, always walking in faith (but again, they feared praying for patience), always meek, always having self-control.


But what they did not realize is that the Greek word for Fruit is like the English word, fruit: it can intend a single fruit, more than one of a single kind of fruit, or different kinds of fruit.


For example, both of these examples in English are correct:
1. Question "What kind if fruit is in that salad?" Answer: "Apple."
2. Question "What kind if fruit is in that salad?" Answer: "Apples, grapes, bananas, papaya, and pineapple."


The same sentences, in Greek, would be correct.


The premise I was taught was that if one fruit was depleted at anytime, then none of the fruit was present at all, because it is one fruit. No. Sometimes, one may be quite depleted (as through a one's own or a loved one's illness, through stress, through want, etc.). This does not at all mean, then, that the H Spirit has left the person as I had been taught -- not at all.


Our admitted weaknesses are the very places where the light of G-d's holiness and salvation shine through: through my admitted weakness, He is made strong, because any successes I have are obviously His!


Salvation is through the Redeemer alone! Salvation cannot be "worked up."