The Fruit of the Spirit: Exploring the Duality of our Human Nature

The overarching motif that captures the central aim of the church and the believer’s faith expression is to love our neighbors as ourselves. However, each of our faith journeys demonstrate a fundamental tension between our default humanity and the new creation we find in Christ: the original sin that resides in our flesh and the grip of the fruit of the spirit borne out of redemption. In our spiritual lives, the organic process of life change is not only evident in how we impact our relationships, but evidence of the work of the Spirit who aims to love and bless our friends and family through our own transformation. When we acknowledge the saving grace of Jesus and experience the redemption of our default nature, the fruit that scripture unveils manifest and blesses others and ourselves.