But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. . . . If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:16, 25 We, as Christ-followers, are to be filled with the Holy Spirit continually, daily. Paul encouraged Ephesus to be filled with the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5:18). He exhorted the Galatians to walk by the Spirit. Paul made a point to the believers to allow the Holy Spirit to be in control. Paul was saying to believers to let the Holy Spirit be in control all the time, just not here and there. …
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God Working In Me
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11 The Holy Spirit is a part of our salvation. He (the Holy Spirit) comes to convict the world concerning sin and righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit draws us to faith in Christ by first convicting us of our sinfulness. Romans 8:16 says, “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God”. This assurance is the beginning of our victory in our battle over sin, our understanding of spiritual matters, and…
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Live According
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:13 Paul states the need for all to continually battle against all that would limit God’s work and purpose in our lives. Sin is always creeping into our lives to take control. Spiritual conflict is against our own selfish and ungodly desires. Our desires of the flesh. As christians, we have to choose daily, constantly to surrender to God’s nature and character or if we will choose sin. We put to death the deeds of the body through the power of…
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Sold Under Sin
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. Romans 7:14 Following Christ is one of the best things a person could ever do. Is it easy? No! Is it hard to live life without him? Yes! The phrase I am of the flesh, sold under sin, points to the spiritual or unspiritual condition of the persons who have not been reborn again in Christ. Paul is explaining the inability of the law to rescue us from sin. Yet, the good news (which is all about our savior and how he saves us) is capable of bringing spiritual salvation and freedom from sin…