WALK
IN THE SPIRIT Sunday January 31, 2016
Text:
Galatians 5:16 – 18 Memory verse: v 17
Paul acknowledges the great weakness of
the godly, because they are but in part regenerated: but He exhorts them to
remember that they are endued with the Spirit of God, who has delivered them
from the slavery of sin, and from the Law, so that they should not give
themselves to lusts. The more we obey the new nature, and follow the leading of
the Spirit of grace, the more the power of indwelling sin and inbred corruption
in us will be mortified and kept under check. Obedience to the Spirit enables
us to walk in the Spirit because old nature and new nature cannot dwell
together. They “Are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things
that you wish.”
Walking in the Spirit is one of the best
ways we can live lives that are pleasing to God. By pleasing God, we attract
His blessings upon our lives. In this case it is best for us to walk in the
Spirit. This we can do well by knowing what God wants us to do through the
study of His words. When we have the word of God rooted in us, we will no
longer be ignorant about what God expects from us. Are you walking in the flesh
or in the Spirit?
Food
for Thought:
Walking in the Spirit makes us more like Christ
Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me to walk in the Spirit so as to mortify in me the indwelling sin and corruption of the flesh in Jesus name.
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