Fruit of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Bible differentiates between the gifts and the fruit of the Holy Spirit.  Though distinct from each other, yet once again interrelated and interdependent in the sense that misusing and abusing the first will result in loss of the second and vice versa.

Abusing the gifts of the Holy Spirit, occurs when believers draw cold in their love for God or one another, become hard of hearing, sluggish; the end result of which will be withdrawal and grieving of the Holy Spirit, and consequently withering of the fruit of the Holy Spirit.  The fruit of the Holy Spirit is one with nine manifestations “But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.  Against such there is no law” (Galatians 5:22, 23).  It is mainly Love and its end products.  Without love none of the products is existent.