Christ works the good fruit in us when we are born again because that fruit is the very character of Christ living in us.
The fruit of the Spirit is not works but character qualities that become a part of us causing us to think and act like Christ.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Anyone who is offending people regularly as a lifestyle are not born again.
When we are born again having been changed by Christ we no longer think the way we did nor do we act the way we did when we were not saved.
We love God's Word, His instruction and the people of God. If we do not see this in someone who says they are a Christian then they are probably a pretender.
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