Fruit of the Spirit Part 2
Walk by the Spirit
Dan Londeree
Part of Sermon Notes—Applying the message to everyday life
April 22, 2024

Fill In

Following Jesus isn’t just about a change in

; it’s a change of .

Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Matthew 7:7–11
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”

God does not make it

to find him, and he does not turn away those who seek him.

John 15:1–5
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

John 15:8–10
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.”

Bearing fruit is living in

to him.

We must first choose to

in Jesus before we can bear the fruit of obedience.

Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 5:18–21
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

The result of being

by the Spirit is a life of praise, thanksgiving, and humility.

Galatians 5:17-18
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Being led by the Spirit will cause us to love

well and in turn love well.

Who is leading your life?