Walk in the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-25 says:


Gal 5:16-25

(16) This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
(17) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
(18) But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
(19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
(20) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
(21) Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
(24) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
(25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.



Church of Galatia - confused Law and Justification
The whole context of this is that Paul was talking to the Galatians. They were having problems with the brethren. The church of Galatia was struggling in their doctrinal beliefs. They thought that the law was still in action and that faith and grace was to be combined with the law. They thought that the law was going to justify them.



That's the problem that many of us are still living under the law
I believe that to live under the law now a days is to live in the same o' same o'
Those who live under the law live in the same praise they've always been, in the same prayer, in the same warmness, their neither cold nor hot, but they're warm, just hanging their, and all they say is "anyways I'm already saved" "I'm already baptized" "I already have the Holy ghost". To live under the law is to live like the Pharisees, Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof , and not impacting the world.


The law was nailed to the cross, and now free from the law
Colossians 2:14


And instead of the law, the apostle Paul commands us to "Walk in the Spirit"

There was also some fights between the people in Galatia, and Paul tells them to "Walk in the Spirit"
But that is not the only reason why Paul tells the Galatians to walk in the Spirit for, not only to love one another. There is a bigger purpose in walking in the Spirit.


2 verses coughed my attention. Acts 16:6, and Acts 18:23

(Act 18:23) And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

(Act 16:6) Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

We see Paul working in both of them, and in both verses we see the city of Galatia. In Acts 16:6 the Holy Ghost commanded them to the work and disciple in Asia as well as he had already done in Galatia. So we see that the church of Galatia was already thought under the influence of the Holy Ghost. And in Acts 18:23 we see Paul strengthening all the disciples in Galatia, through the Holy Ghost according to Acts 16:6.

So when Paul said in the book of Galatians to walk in the Spirit, it wasn’t only to address the issue of the fights between the brethren, and to address confusion. But it was also to remind them not to only live in the Spirit, but to walk in the Spirit, and to destroy all the possibilities of them living under the law.


So in other words, it is not sufficient to receive the Spirit. But we need to walk in the Spirit.

When Paul told them to walk in the Spirit, he went over the issue of the fights and confusion, and probably said; the problem is not that they're fighting and having confusion, but it is that they're in a "stick" mode, they don't move and aren't accomplishing what I thought them; which was to walk in the Holy Ghost and strengthening the church.




The last bible study I gave was; not to seek the ministry, but to seek the empowerment.

And after you seek the empowerment, you don’t stop there, but you walk in the empowerment

And let me tell you that... To walk in the empowerment is to walk in the Spirit.



To walk in the Spirit is to walk in fire. Without the fire we can't distinguish the day from the night

(Gen 1:14) And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:




Let us go back to our main text, now starting from verse 22.

(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

The fruit of the Spirit
Love being the First One. This is significant because the apostle Paul always puts love in the first place

1 Corinthians 13:4 it talks about love, and what love does.

1) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
2) It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
3) Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
4) It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.



Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs….


Put your name instead of "Love" and see if you actually fulfill this fruit of the Spirit








Joy
When was the last time you had joy?
Better said…
When was the last time you had joy in the middle of the storm?

Though the fig tree may not blossom...yet I will rejoice in the Lord Habakkuk

(Hab 1:2) O Jehovah, until when shall I cry and You will not hear? I cry out to You of violence, and You do not save!

Habakkuk started out complaining and ended with a song of Praise






Peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith… et cetera

And look at how this little portion ends… "Against such there is no law"





(24) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh
Are you having problems with your flesh? Everyone does, but are you overcoming them?



And the apostle Paul ends like this:
(25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.




What are you lacking? What part of these fruits are you missing? Or are you still living under the law?

If you do so, if you're indeed missing some of the fruits, or all of them, or if you are still living under the law. And even though you have the Spirit, you may want to start considering to Walk in the Spirit.

I believe that to Walk in the Spirit is to start the process of fulfilling your calling.