QUESTION: How is the fruit of the Spirit produced in our lives today (Galatians 5:22-25)?

ANSWER: In Ephesians 5:9, we read, “For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.” This verse is telling us what the result will be if we “walk as children of light,” as commanded in the preceding verse eight! These two verses combined, then, teach that the Holy Spirit produces fruit (as described in Galatians 5:22-23) through the lives of those who walk as children of light (faithful Christians) according to the truth (the gospel).