As we have noted the fruit of the Spirit is the fruit of the Holy Spirit. This has profound implications for understanding and applying the Word in our lives. We are not, therefore, talking about the spirit of man but the Spirit of God. As such these virtues are not merely the result of something that emerges from within our own nature. God plants the seed of the Holy Spirit within the hearts of those whom he draws to himself in faith and repentance. Thus the impregnated heart has confessed its need