CONVERSATION STARTER
Week 7 || Gospel Fruit
Date: 5.27.18
Text: Galatians 5:16-25

In Galatians 5:16-25, Paul describes the battle that exists in every Christian between the flesh — our desire to be our own master — and the Spirit — God at work within us, making us new. Choosing to live by the Spirit results in a beautiful, fruitful life.

1) What is one idea that stuck with you from Sunday’s sermon? What’s one question you have?

2) Read Galatians 5:22-24. Why is Paul’s choice of fruit as the metaphor for life in the Spirit so important?

3) Walking with the Spirit requires us to ask for help. Why is it so hard to ask for help?

4) The Spirit grows fruit in our lives over time. Have you seen the fruit grow in your life? How did that happen?

5) Where are you hoping to see God produce fruit in your life?

PRAY

Title: Gospel Fruit
Scripture: Galatians 5:16-25
Speaker: Reid Kapple, ReidK@ChristCommunityKC.org


>> The fruit of the Spirit grows from the root of the gospel.

>> Walking in the Spirit…
- Guards us from evil
- Produces the life we want

“Character - the transforming, shaping, and marking of a life and its habits will generate the sort of behavior that rules might have pointed toward but which a ‘rule-keeping’ mentality can never achieve.” -NT Wright

>> Walking in the Spirit…
- Guards us from evil
- Produces the life we want
- Reveals who we belong to

>> How do we walk in step with the Spirit?
- Open your eyes to see the battle
- Trust that he is leading you
- Cultivate fruit in all of life