TODAY'S LESSON: WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
THIS I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YE SHALL NOT FULFIL THE LUST OF THE FLESH.
GALATIANS 5:16
OH BOY DOES THAT SOUND GOOD,
AFTERALL, WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN THEIR FLESH?
WELL, WE DO IT ALL THE TIME,
BUT THE POINT IS THAT
WE SHOULDN'T LET OUR FLESHLY DESIRES CONTROL US.
PAUL THE APOSTLE HAD THIS TO SAY IN
ROMANS 12:1-2
"I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD, THAT YE PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE.
AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD, AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT, WILL OF GOD.
FROM THAT VERSE IT'S CLEAR THAT WE ARE TO LIVE A LIFE THAT WOULD MAKE GOD PROUD- WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS...
MATTHEW 7:16a
SO, WHAT ARE THE FRUITS OF GOD'S SPIRIT?
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG SUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH,
MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE: AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW.
GALATIANS 5 22-23
ALRIGHT! WE'VE GOT OUR MARCHING ORDERS SO WHAT'S NEXT?
WELL, NOW IT'S TIME TO PUT IT IN GEAR:
GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS...
MATTHEW 28:19a
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
ACTS 1:8
Everywhere we go ...
People want to know...
Who we are ....
And where we come from....
So we tell them ....
YOU GET THE IDEA.
SO, WHEN SHOULD WE WALK IN THE SPIRIT?
THAT'S EASY- ALWAYS!
IF WE LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, LET US ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
GALATIANS 5:25
NOT JUST AT CHURCH!
AT SCHOOL, AT WORK...
ALL THE TIME..
GOOD TIMES AND BAD.
HOW DOES THAT SONG GO?
Jesus is all the world to me,
my life, my joy, my all;
He is my strength from day to day,
without Him I would fall.
When I am sad, to Him I go,
no other one can cheer me so;
When I am sad, He makes me glad,
He’s my Friend.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I USUALLY FIND IT EASIER TO DO SOMETHING IF THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR DOING IT.
WELL, HERE'S THE BEST REASON OF ALL TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
EPHESIANS 6:12
FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
IN CONCLUSION:
AND AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE, PEACE BE ON THEM, AND MERCY, AND UPON THE ISRAEL OF GOD.
GALATIANS 6:16
REMEMBER,
G.I.G.O.
GARBAGE IN
GARBAGE OUT
BRETHREN, THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
AMEN
GALATIANS 6:18
