When a person trusts Jesus Christ, and Christ alone, for their salvation the Holy Spirit comes to live in them. As disciples of Jesus Christ, they are yielded to God’s direction. God gives them the desire and the strength to do His will. The believer no longer lives to please their old sinful human nature. They live to please the Spirit. The believer becomes God’s new creation, who willingly does the good things that God prepared in advance for them to do.
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are abilities that the Spirit gives to believers. The presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit shows in the life of the Christian and is called the fruit of the Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no
law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its
passions and desires. (Galatians 5:22-24 ESV) *
* https://biblehub.com/esv/galatians/5.htm
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