The fruit of the Spirit Part 1

Just as the deeds of the flesh were those possessed by a fleshy nature so is the fruit of the Spirit a thing possessed by the Holy Spirit of God and it is manifested through us only to the extent that we allow the Spirit to manifest it in us. However, whereas the deeds of the flesh were plural the fruit of the Spirit is singular with all of the attributes listed an aspect of that singular fruit. Think of it as a pecan tree. If a pecan tree receives an abundance of water then it will produce many pecans and to a cretin extent the more water the larger the pecans. If it receives little water then the pecans ether will not form at all or only a few sickly pecans will form. But no matter what you do to the pecan tree it will never produce apples. So it is with the fruit of the Spirit, the more of the Spirit the more and larger the fruit, but it is still only one fruit. All of the words following in verse 22 and 23 only describe that fruit. If things like love, joy and peace are not the fruit but only aspects of the fruit then what is the fruit? Christ is the fruit. In Romans 8:29 it tells us that we are predestined to become conformed to the image of Christ. The aspects of the fruit listed are all aspects of Christ and with them displayed in us it is our being conformed to His image, the more that we conform to that image the more that we display the aspects.