Keep in Step with the Holy Spirit

 

Keep in Step with the Holy Spirit

Gal 5: 16 - 25:

But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the sinful nature.

For the desires of the sinful nature are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the sinful nature. For these are in conflict with each other, so that you cannot do the things you want.

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

Now the works of the sinful nature are evident:

Sexual immorality (Adultery), Lustfulness (Fornication, Masturbation):

Humanity’s Achilles Heel! It comes as no surprise that this is mentioned first! God created sex for pleasure and conception - only that it be within a state of holy matrimony between a male and a female. The deception of sex outside this holy institute is manifold! Therefore, the pleasure which humanity experiences is both within the flesh/body (dopamine explosion within the brain etc) and within the mind/soul (joy, happiness etc) - all misplaced! Humanity deceived - hook, line and sinker! The birth of joy/happiness caused by the chemical reactions during immoral sex are on route to a very dark path. This path leads to every other works of the sinful nature listed below. Only by the Holy Spirit can this be overcome. Fasting with prayer is essential!

Impurity (Lasciviousness, Uncleanness):

Proof that cleanliness is next to Godliness? Some of the most twisted people have the tidiest of homes. Cleanliness begins with the washing of one’s mind with God’s Word.

Idolatry, Sorcery (Witchcraft, Paganism):

This comes in the most subtle of ways. Who/what do you and I “idolize” more than we know we shouldn't at all? In the most discrete manner, it leads to witchcraft.

 

Hostilities (Hatred, Vengeance):

Strife (Variance, Heated arguments):

Jealousy (Emulations):

Outbursts of anger (Wrath):

Rivalry (Strife, Contention):

Dissension (Sedition, Disunion):

Divisions (Heresies):

Envy:

Murder:

All of the above are linked and what a dark cocktail of destruction it is! They’re self explanatory as is the last two mentioned by Paul below.

Drunkenness:

Drunken riots (Revelings):

and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Allow the words I highlighted in red to keep you in step with the Holy Spirit.

 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

gentleness, and self-control; against such things there is no law.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

Inherently we know the actions which proceed from the above mentioned fruits of the Spirit. However, actually doing them, is an entirely different thing! There’s a distinct difference between God’s Love and human love.

Human love always has conditions and is rooted in the dark fruits.

God’s Love is simply and beautifully unconditional and pure.

May we persevere with the blessing and strength of YAHWEH by the cleansing of His Word, Yeshua Hamashiach and by Power of His Holy Spirit inheriting His Kingdom!

This, is the true meaning of living by faith.

Being Living Epistles, in a dying world…