Galatians 5:16-23

 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,  idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,  envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 

 

The fruit of the Spirit is just that: the fruit produced by the Spirit, with the Spirit as the cause. It is not the fruit of our attempts to live according to the Spirit, as though our choices were the cause; such an approach actually results in the works of the flesh.

The same rationale applies to the concept of being led by the Spirit: God is the cause, not our choices.

Being led by the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, and experiencing the fruit of the Spirit are all things we experience because of Him, not because of our obedience to Him. Our obedience is not the cause. That is the language of the Old Covenant Law, and as we just read, If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.