When you look at an apple tree, you do not expect to find oranges. When you go to a pineapple bush, you do not expect to find grapes. When you bite into a banana, you don’t expect it to taste like strawberries. And no matter what kind of fruit you are eating, you definitely don’t bite into it, expecting it to be spoiled and bad. But you can know a tree immediately, just by looking at its fruit. The Word of God confirms this, when it says, 

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit… Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 7:18-20 

The results of your life show what kind of spirit you have. By the fruit of your life, you can identify for yourself. If you have insomnia, addiction, depression, etc, then you don’t have the Spirit of God. Everyone has problems. But these problems are outside, not inside of you. 

The Holy Spirit can not come inside of someone that is already occupied. He needs to have an opening for Him. And you must decide to make that opening. How, you might ask? By stopping to do the things that cause you to bear bad fruit. Let go of lies, gossip, prostitution, gambling, pornography, and anything else that is unclean and plants seeds for bad fruit to grow. 

When we take bold steps to change our lives, God responds with the answer that we need. And we began to bear good fruit. Fruits of life and not of death. At that point, you will not have to wonder if you have the Holy Spirit or not. Nor will others have to wonder, because you will know the tree by its fruit. 

May the God of the Bible Bless You 

Bishop Bira Fonseca