Living in the Spirit
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This Week’s Theme: Purposed Lived
Word for the Week is Filled with the Spirit: To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be energized and controlled by the third person of the Godhead in such a way that under the acknowledged lordship of Jesus Christ the full presence and power of God are experienced. Spirit-filling leads to renewal, obedience, boldness in testimony and an arresting quality in believers’ lives.
Memory verse: Ephesians 5:18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
Sermon Focus: We live out our purpose as we are led and filled with the Spirit
Sermon Passage: Galatians 5:16-26
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
INTRODUCTION: THE AIM OF LIVING THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE TO A CHURCH THAT WAS INFILTRATED BY LEGALISTIC JEWS WHO TAUGHT THAT WORKS WERE NEEDED FOR SALVATION. THEY TOLD THE CHURCH THAT THEY HAD FOLLOW THE CEREMONIAL LAWS AND OTHER RULES TO BE SAVED. THIS THOUGHT WAS JUXTAPOSED TO THOSE THAT FELT THAT CHRIST HAD GIVEN THEM A LICENSE TO SIN. THESE OPPOSING VIEWS DID NOT LEAD TO PEACE BUT CAUSED PROBLEMS.
PAUL STATED IN GAL 5:13
CALLED TO LOVE EACH OTHER
NOT LOATHE
CALLED TO ADORE EACH OTHER
NOT ANNIHILATE
TRANSFORMED TO TREASURE EACH OTHER NOT TEAR DOWN
CALLED TO ENJOY EACH OTHER
NOT EXTERMINATE
DELIVERED TO DELIGHT IN EACH OTHER NOT TO DESPISE
aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne(also bourn), design, dream, end,goal, idea, ideal, intent, intention,mark, meaning, object, objective,plan, point, pretension, target, thing
I. WE CONFORM
I. WE CONFORM
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
PAUL’S RESPONSE TO ADVOID THE BICKERING AND THE FIGHTING THAT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN THE CHURCH IS TO
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit,
THE WORD WALK MEANS to make one's way, TO progress; to make due use of opportunities
IN THE Hebrew LANGUAGE IT MEANT TO LIVE.
TO LIVE IN THE SPIRIT WHICH MEANS TO REGULATE YOUR LIFE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
OR TO CONDUCT YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE SPIRIT.
PAUL TAUGHT THAT THE PENALTY OF SIN IS REMOVED FROM THOSE WHO PUT THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST AND HIS WORK
HE PROCLAIMED IN Romans 8:1
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT Ephesians 4:30 (NKJV)
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
desire for what is forbidden, lust
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
II. WE CONQUER
II. WE CONQUER
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Romans 8:13 (NKJV)
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Galatians 5:24 (NKJV)
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Ephesians 4:22 (NKJV)
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
(NKJV)
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
1 Peter 2:11 (NKJV)
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
III. WE CULTIVATE
III. WE CULTIVATE
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is
FRUIT MUST CULTIVATE AND GROW
WE CANNOT
love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no law.
24 And those [who are] Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another