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Feb 2023
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The Fruit of the Spirit

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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The fruit of the Spirit cannot be artificially produced. These qualities must be developed in us by God's grace. Today, Sinclair Ferguson considers the Lord's purpose of growing His people in a wonderfully balanced way to make us increasingly like Christ.

Read the transcript: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts/things-unseen-with-sinclair-ferguson/the-fruit-of-the-spirit-things-unseen

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