Evangelist Irby G. Camp Jr.

Fruit of the Spirit

Part 1

Fruit of the Spirit  (ONE FRUIT)

Those who are displaying the Fruit are those who are walking in the Spirit.

Notice 9 Fruit not Fruits. One cluster of 9 Graces called Fruit.

9 Gifts – 9 Fruit    The Bible calls it Fruit because there are 9 Graces in that Fruit.

LOVE     The first and most important of all.

A Gift is Imparted --- A Fruit is Grown.

You cannot receive LOVE you develop it.

There is a Gift of Faith – Different from the Fruit of Faith

The Fruit of the Spirit must grow and develop

You develop Love toward Jesus.

 Romans 5:5

    And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.

 It is not a one-time experience; it is an ongoing development toward Christ.

 If someone’s love has grown cold it is someone who didn’t develop the Fruit of Love.

In Revelation 2:4 God rebukes those who lack love toward Him.

Rev. 2:4

    Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

 So, Love toward Jesus is a Fruit that must develop and grow through relationship.

 Remember what Jesus Said: I am the vine you are the Branches, but the branch is the thing on a tree that bears Fruit, so I am the vine so you bear Fruit, and you bear Fruit as long as you are connected to the vine.

 I am you source. Without Me you can do nothing.

 So how do we produce Love?

(1)   We will produce Love by getting to know Jesus more

(2)   By not allowing wrong influence to kill that fruit.

(3)   By being planted in the house of the Lord and flourish in the courts of our God.

 Then that Fruit begins to develop out of our lives and we as we continue to do those three things we will continue to develop that Fruit in our lives.

 Do you want your Love for Jesus to develop and grow and be strengthened?

 It happens as your relationship with Him gets deeper as you allow Godly influence to influence you and not the negative and as you remain strong in the fellowship of the saints then your Love for God will develop.

 So the Fruit of Love is His Fruit developed by His divine power but we must operate with Him to see it happen.

 Ephes. 3:16-19

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

Knowing the fullness of His Love brings me the fullness of God.

But it is my privilege, my joy, to develop that relationship.

Jesus says come get to know Me better I will not force you into this I am asking you to come into it. Get to know me I have made myself available to you.

You are invited to know me in my depth. All you have to do is give me your time.

Look at the Key of this whole thing. Vs 16 That he would grant you according to the riches of His Glory to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.

Say after me: The riches of His Glory mean the riches of His person and presence.

When we are strengthened by the riches of His presence we will grow in th fullness of His Love.

The second Fruit is Joy: The next Grace.  Nine Graces and One Fruit.

Joy, the gift that causes the believer to know God’s strength every day.

Neh. 8:10

    Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

But true Joy is the Fruit of the Spirit that you develop through Salvation.

Joy is not happiness. Joy is not Gladness. Joy is not a emotion.

Joy is a Spiritual reality.

What part of you knows Joy?  Not the soul, not the body, the Spirit.

Say: My Spirit has rejoiced in God my savior.

The Spirit knows no emotion. It only knows reality.

That is why Paul in Corinthians would say sorrowing yet rejoicing.

I can know sorrow in my soul but Joy in my heart, All at the same time.

Joy results from salvation.

 David said in Psalm 51:12 after he had sinned. After he had fallen with Bathsheba he cried and said Lord forgive my transgressions, and then he said restore until me the Joy of thy salvation.

Joy is the result of salvation. Not falling under the power. Not the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Not even a physical Healing. True Joy is the result of knowing Christ.

Being healed brings gladness, being filed with the Spirit brings ecstasy, but only Joy is permanent. Everything else is seasonal.

If you know the Joy of Salvation you will never know weakness in the Spirit. Because the Joy of the Lord that is the results of salvation will always be your strength.

What did Isaiah say in Isaiah 12:3

Isaiah 12:3

 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Vs 4—and in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord.

So out of the wells of salvation we draw Joy.

Jesus and His presence brings Love.

Jesus and His salvation brings Joy.

It is not just knowing I am saved, it is keeping that knowledge strong. How do we do that? Through His word.

Jesus said in John 15:11 These things I have spoken unto you that your joy might remain.  That your Joy might what? Remain

Jeremiah 15:16

    Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

Joy not only is the result of salvation but Joy is the result of knowing His Word.

Say: Jesus and His presence bring me the Fruit of Love,   Jesus and His salvation brings me the Fruit of Joy. Jesus and His Word bring me His Joy.

Fruit of Peace:

People is searching all aver the world for peace and cannot find it. It is only found in the Holy Ghost.

John 14:27

    Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

How does Peace come? It comes by knowing this.

Romans 5:1

    Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Peace is the results of Justification.

What is it to be Justified?  Justification deals with tomorrow.  While forgiveness deals with yesterday.

Ephes. 1:7

    In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

If you are really born again you cannot decide to sin. But you sin because you still live in a week body.

Justification means once God changes your heart then God cleanses you He cleanses your whole life not just your past.

And knowing that we are justified to the end we have peace.

This is so powerful!!!!

Philip. 4:7

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Psalm 119:165

    Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.