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Ideally, we should all be deep students of the word and extreme soul winners who have a deep concern about serving God daily with our lives and not just with our text.
"be ye doers of the word and not just sedentary forum writers regarding what you need to be doing for God":....:)

"fruit of the spirit" that we are to manifest, is obviously completely misunderstood by most believers IF we think we are to find "christian works" to do and we do them.

"omg, its my Sunday to watch the nursery".
"omg, its my Thursday to cut the grass in front of the Church.
"omg, its the weekend we have to go and hand out tracks".
"omg, i told them im off this weekend and they want me to paint the music room"

"why am i in seminary?...because my dad was a Pastor and i grew up in the church and mama wont be happy if .....".
>>>>> ALL This is the FLESH, ...... !<<<<<<

Any "light bearing" devil can do that stuff, and they do it Sunday - Sunday.
This is living in poverty, as a vow, while washing dirty people in India for 57 yrs.
This is a pair of males, donned in white and black, parking their bikes in a subdivision every day of a hot summer season and wearing the skin off their knuckles beating on doors trying to shove "the book of mormon" down your throat.
So, all THAT is "doing good works" and "bearing fruit"....if you asked them.
But is it?
No, its not.
Not at all.

"fruit bearing".... in the life of a born again believer, is Christ himself being manifested through us.
To "bear" the fruit...is sort of like a vase holding a bouquet of flowers...
The flowers are the FRUIT, and the vase is the vessel. (the vessel is not the fruit).
You are the vessel, who HOLDS the Rose of Sharon inside you.
You are not the fruit, you just are the bearer of the fruit, as Jesus HIMSELF is the spiritual fruit that works HIS good works through YOU = the vessel = the vase.
See it?
That is the REAL FRUIT that God is looking for, in our lives.
Its Him doing it THROUGH US.....and not us doing good works and claiming it's His fruit.
"bearing fruit" is not what WE feel is what we need to be doing doing doing doing...
See, The only thing we need to be doing, is "presenting our bodies a living sacrifice".
Try that..... Do that every day, every minute, consistently.... and the "fruit bearing" takes care of itself.
Other then that, with regards to doing the good works that James speaks about... These are the manifestation of the living Christ who is living out HIS deeds THROUGH us...while we make way for His righteous works by getting out of His way.
 
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Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
 
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.


Yes.
Gal 5:22 and 5:23 are exactly what im talking about, as those verses are describing the effect in a believer's life of letting Jesus shine through us.
Or as Paul put it..."I die daily", and it "is not i that liveth, but Christ who lives in me" (and through me).
So, that is what im talking about...
The rest of the verses you posted are mostly about Christian Discipleship and how we by effort put on the mind of Christ and present our bodies a living sacrifice... which speaks to personal self control and personal discipline.
Galatians 5:24 is an interesting verse, as ive never met a Christian who was exactly like that verse says we should be.
That verse, for a believer, is more about a "work in progress", in my opinion, tho it should be a literal lifestyle.

I'll give you an example.
The most God fearing Jesus loving sold out Christian i know, is a 72 year old woman ive known for about 26 years.
Yet, she'll sit and watch the Hallmark Cable channel as much as she can, because there are good looking young men on it and its always a program - movie about love and romance.
= Thats an affection and lust issue.
Also, She is a bit obsessed with Kenneth and Gloria and Billye Brim.
And the issue with that is.....Billye is a disciple of "E.W. Bullinger"....and he is a heretic with some very strange ideas about there being 4 crosses and not 3 when Jesus was crucified, and how the Holy Spirit in a believer does not enlighten them.
Weird stuff like that..
And he wrote a "bible" called "The companion Bible" and it will twist you and mess you up.
So, my friend....i told about this...and she could care less that Billy Brim sells this Bible on her website and this bible is created by a Heretic.
She could care less that Kenneth and Gloria Copeland allow this woman to teach on their program all the time.
And THAT type of behavior, where you will put up with wrong wrong wrong theology, simply because you have great affection for certain teachers who tickle your ears or fascinate you with their "wit" and personality so you overlook everything they do and accept everything they do NO MATTER WHAT....is no different then sitting in front of the HallMark channel too much watching the pretty faces and crushing on them.
ALL of this is not obeying Galatians 5:24.
 
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