Are You Living by the Spirit?
Galatians 5:16-25
Galatians 5:25 (ESV)
“If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”
1. The Question
Galatians 5:25 (ESV)
“If we live by the Spirit...”
Galatians 5:16–24 (NLT)
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses. When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.
2. The Call
Galatians 5:25 (ESV)
“…let us also…”
3. The Pace
Galatians 5:25 (ESV)
“…keep in step…”
4. The Person
Galatians 5:25 (ESV)
“…with the Spirit”
