THE SPIRIT 3 : Living in the body but walking in the Spirit

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝟑

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 

𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭

It is possible to live in the earthly body and walk by the spirit. For a start, people already believe that no one can be perfect or live perfectly (I am not one of them). They only believe that we can usually control our flesh to a degree – at least when the impulses of flesh do not benefit our ego. For the most part, however, the human nature is subject to the powers of the flesh. Therefore when the negative characteristics we inherited through generations present themselves, we often hear, “We are only human.”

However, Paul wrote that by walking in the Spirit we no longer fulfill the lusts of the flesh. When you walk in the Spirit you think and act differently than other people in the various situations of life. 

When you walk, you move. You go from point A to point B. You leave somewhere to arrive somewhere. You interact, you mingle, and you live.

Every time we decide to walk in the Spirit we are deciding to mingle with Him, to live in Him, to interact with Him, to walk away from everything that doesn't glorify God. We decide to let the Holy Spirit lead us in the way we should go.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕.

Most people who receive the Holy Spirit would prefer to only bask in him and enjoy themselves like a child who just wants to play. But the Holy Spirit is not a plaything. He is a help for people who want results in their Christian walk. The Holy Spirit has every conceivable good quality. He gives us the power to bear the greatest burdens and adversity. He is also a guide. He gives us the life we have been called to live. He makes everything possible. He breaks addiction, the lust of the flesh, and makes everything new!!!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.

𝟏. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Walking in the Spirit means being obedient to the Spirit—to the laws and commandments which the Spirit brings to your remembrance when temptations come. Being tempted is not the same as sinning, but in temptation, you always come to a point of decision. The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to say no to temptation even from the place of it being just a thought in our mind.

𝟐. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭

By walking in the Spirit, something incredible happens. What the Bible calls “fruits of the Spirit” begins to grow in your life—peace, joy, love, faithfulness, and goodness, among other things. (Galatians 5:22) You who were so restless, anxious, and often unhappy, will get a more healthy outlook on life. You become stable and develop the ability to create peace around you. 

𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.

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