Connecting with the Fruit of the Spirit and the Seven Pillars of The Holy Spirit

We must have the Fruit of the Spirit to hear the voice of Jesus ad be connected with Him. He doesn’t ever leave us; but we don’t stay by His side. Lucifer left the side of Jesus and He sinned. Eve left the side of Adam and she fell into temptation.Eve chose not to listen to the still small whisper of the Holy Spirit when warned that she was alone.

The Fruit of the Spirit
The Fruit of the Spiritarefound in Galatians 5: 22, 23 (Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance). We are told in COL 69:

"When the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come." Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own. It is the privilege of every Christian not only to look for but to hasten the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, COL 69

Read that last statement carefully. We have the privilege to hasten Jesus’s second coming. 😊

1 John 4:8 tells us “God is Love”. Thus Love—is the overarching all-consuming fruit. The others are a result of having love because “God is love” We just read in COL“Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself.”If we have “love”, the other fruit will be there.

Think of it this way. Look at the list of the Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Self-control/temperance
If I have love—I will have joy.
If I have love—I will have peace.
If I have love—I will be patient/long-suffering
The fruit are really a list/test to tell us whether we have love. If we don’t have “joy”—something is disconnected.
Lack of joy=lack of love
Lack of self-control with someone=lack of love
Always remember that Jesus is never disconnected with us, but we disconnect with Him.

7 BC (Bible Commentary) 908 God has chosen me from eternity to be holy (1 Thes. 4:3) God’s law tolerates no sin but demands perfect obedience. The echo of God’s voice comes to us, ever saying, Holier, holier still... Holiness is within the reach of all who reach for it by faith, not because of their good works, but because of Christ’s merits. Divine power is provided for every soul struggling for the victory over sin and Satan. Justification means the saving of a soul from perdition, that he may obtain sanctification, and through sanctification, the life of heaven. Justification means that the conscience, purged from dead works, is place where it can receive the blessings of sanctification. Sanctification means habitual communion with God. 7BC 908