Keeping in Step with the Spirit – Sermon 9

Keeping in Step with the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-25

“If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”

Galatians 5:25 (ESV)

Keeping in Step with the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-25

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

What is ‘walking in the Spirit’?

  • Not satisfying the desires of the flesh.
  • The Spirit’s desires and the desires of the flesh are opposed to one another.
  • Walking in the Spirit means you are not under the Law—you do not have a spiritual ‘To Do List.’

 

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