Regarding the new heart that informs the follower of Yeshua, the Apostle Paul wrote, the fruit of the Spirit (פְּרִי הָרוּחַ) is love, joy, peace; long-suffering, generosity, acts of kindness; faithfulness, humility, and modesty - against such there is no law (Gal. 5:22-23). Notice that while there is one fruit of the Spirit (i.e., fruit [καρπὸς] is singular), God produces a manifold yield, just as the one Tree of Life (עֵץ הַחַיִּים) produces twelve different kinds of fruit, one for each month of the Jewish year (see Rev. 22:1-2). We are told, however, that spiritual fruit does not immediately crop up but requires time and its own season (Psalm 1:3). Moreover the process of spiritual growth is mysterious and divine: The Kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground. He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. By itself (αὐτομάτη, automatically) the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. And when the grain is ripe, he comes in with his sickle because the harvest has come (Mark 4:26-29).
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 04:46:03 +0000
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