Spirit give victory over sin
Good morning all!!! Yes, another wonderful day in the Lord Jesus Christ!! God is good all the time....all the time God is good!!!
I would like to take Galatians 5:16 to 21 to study this week. Then next to study Galatians 5:22 to 26. Thank you for being faithful. I'll try to break it all down by verses and words.
Galatians 5:16 "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." Walk in the Spirit-have the habit of continually walking by the energizing power and under the divine direction of the Holy Spirit. This is the only way we can be delivered from selfish lusts.
"And ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." When God saved us, He did not eradicate the old nature, nor did He reform the old life; He gave us an absolutely new life (John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
The old nature is "not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" Roman 8:7. The Christian can conquer the self-life and have continual victory by walking by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:7 "........is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Paul is not speaking here of two types of Christians, one spiritual and one unspiritual. he is speaking of believers and unbelievers as verse 9 clearly shows. "they that are in the flesh cannot please God." Until faith is placed in Jesus Christ, a man in no spiritual way can be pleasing to God the Father. (Heb 11:6)
Okay, summary, when you are walking in your daily work place how do you view things? The way you view things will be a good indicator of where you Spiritual life is. You see an attractive co-worker how do you react?? check your spirit. You see a new car a co-worker or friend just bought, how do you react? And on and on.
We cannot serve two masters- earthly (satan) or heavenly (God), for we shall love one and hate the other. check yourself today and see where you are sitting spiritually. A nice time to soul search...for heaven's sake!!
Thank you for reading with me today. Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny
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