Fruit for Liberation - Liberation (Galatians 5:22-23)

The fruit of the Spirit has liberating implications. Peace isn't just inner calm but shalom—wholeness that includes social harmony. Patience sustains long struggles for justice. Kindness confronts systems that are unkind to the poor. Self-control resists the self-indulgence that ignores others' suffering. Jon Sobrino wrote that the Spirit's fruit appears distinctively among the poor: joy in communities with nothing to rejoice about, peace amid violence, love despite betrayal. The Spirit produces fruit that sustains liberation.