Evidence


What evidence makes it apparent that the Holy Spirit is working in us?
Once begotten by the Holy Spirit from the Father, we must continually
be led by it, bearing spiritual fruit throughout our lives. If we are
producing the fruit of the Spirit, which exhibits a sound mind, we
know it is working in us. The Spirit is the mind and essence of the
divine nature, and through it God carries out His will. It empowers
the mind to comprehend spiritual matters, producing conversion. It
gives us the strength, will and faith to overcome our sins.
Is there evidence of God's Spirit working within you?

Verses written out for you.

Matthew 7:16-20 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people
pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every
good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good
tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into
the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

John 15:1-8
The Vine and the Branches
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off
every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does
bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are
already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in
me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it
must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain
in me.

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in
him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If
anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away
and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and
burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever
you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory,
that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Galatians 5:22-25  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness,  faithfulness, gentleness and
self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to
Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and
desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the
Spirit.
II Timothy 1:6-7 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the
gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For
God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of
love and of self-discipline.