031. You will know them by their Fruit (2)

We explore the profound difference between bearing fruit through legalism versus bearing fruit through grace, unpacking what it truly means to "abide in Christ" and how this transforms our spiritual fruitfulness.

• Understanding what it means to abide in Christ through grace, not self-effort
• How the commands of law ("love your neighbor as yourself") differ from the commands of grace ("love as I have loved you")
• Why Paul confronted Peter over his legalistic behavior in Galatians 2
• The distinction between fruit that comes from Christ versus works that come from self-effort
• How Christians can inadvertently fall back into legalism and stop bearing fruit
• The true source of the fruit of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control
• Why mixing law and grace prevents us from bearing the fruit God desires
• Understanding that we do not produce fruit – we bear it by remaining connected to Christ

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