Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Controlled

The last we left Galatians, we were told by the Apostle Paul to walk in the Spirit of God.

The concept behind walking in the Spirit is to be controlled by the Spirit.

We cannot exercise spiritual liberty, and put into practice justification by faith, unless we are not walking in the Spirit of God.

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Controlled - The last we left Galatians, we were told by the Apostle Paul to walk in the Spirit of God.

The concept behind walking in the Spirit is to be controlled by the Spirit.

We cannot exercise spiritual liberty, and put into practice justification by faith, unless we are not walking in the Spirit of God.

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The last we left Galatians, we were told by the Apostle Paul to be led by the Spirit of God.

We cannot exercise spiritual liberty, and put into practice justification by faith, unless we are led by the Spirit of God.

v.16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Difficulty - Paul magnifies the difficulty in walking in the Spirit in two ways:

The last we left Galatians, we were told by the Apostle Paul to be led by the Spirit of God.

We cannot exercise spiritual liberty, and put into practice justification by faith, unless we are led by the Spirit of God.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and mye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Difficulty - Paul magnifies the difficulty in walking in the Spirit in two ways:

Difficulty -

5:17 - “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.”

There are four points to be made about the word “lusteth:”

This is a statement of fact - I worry for people who claim to be saved but they do not sense, feel or have experienced the battle.

I worry for people who claim to be saved but they do not sense, feel or have experienced the battle.

This is an active voice - meaning that the hates and Spirit and the Spirit hates the flesh.

This is a statement of fact - I worry for people who claim to be saved but they do not sense, feel or have experienced the battle.

The difficulty in walking in the Spirit is magnified in the voice Paul used for the word “Walk.”

The word “Walk” is in the imperative.

This means Paul is not recommending or encouraging us to walk in the Spirit but he is commanding and ordering us to walk in the Spirit.

The sense of the word is “to crave - to have an intense desire for some particular thing.”

The intense desire that the flesh has is anything that opposes the Spirit of God.

This is an active voice - meaning that the hates and Spirit and the Spirit hates the flesh.

The tense of the word “lusteth” is present - meaning that there is no completion.

There will never be a time when the flesh is satisfied.

The sense of the word is “to crave - to have an intense desire for some particular thing.”

The intense desire that the flesh has is anything that opposes the Spirit of God.

The tense of the word “lusteth” is present - meaning that there is no completion.

There will never be a time when the flesh is satisfied.

The difficulty in walking in the Spirit is magnified in the voice Paul used for the word “Walk.”

The word “Walk” is in the imperative.

This means Paul is not recommending or encouraging us to walk in the Spirit but he is commanding and ordering us to walk in the Spirit.

The difficulty in walking in the Spirit is magnified in the voice Paul used for the word “Walk.”

The word “Walk” is in the imperative.

This means Paul is not recommending or encouraging us to walk in the Spirit but he is commanding and ordering us to walk in the Spirit.

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.

The difficulty in walking in the Spirit is magnified in the voice Paul used for the word “Walk.”

The word “Walk” is in the imperative.

This means Paul is not recommending or encouraging us to walk in the Spirit but he is commanding and ordering us to walk in the Spirit.

The difficulty in walking in the Spirit is magnified in the voice Paul used for the word “Walk.”

The word “Walk” is in the imperative.

This means Paul is not recommending or encouraging us to walk in the Spirit but he is commanding and ordering us to walk in the Spirit.

The Holy Bible: King James Version.

(2009).

(Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., ).

Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.The difficulty in walking in the Spirit is magnified in the voice Paul used for the word “Walk.”

The word “Walk” is in the imperative.

This means Paul is not recommending or encouraging us to walk in the Spirit but he is commanding and ordering us to walk in the Spirit.

The question becomes, “how do we know if we are walking in the Spirit?”

This is an important topic for Paul.

He spends a lot of time dealing with this subject.

It is easy to confess anything; how do we validate our confession?

This is the subject Paul addresses in our text this evening.

The question becomes, “how do we know if we are walking in the Spirit?”

This is an important topic for Paul.

He spends a lot of time dealing with this subject.

It is easy to confess anything; how do we validate our confession?

This is the subject Paul addresses in our text this evening.

Works of the flesh -

, “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.”

These three verses explains why the flesh is at war with the Spirit of God.

These are the activities the flesh enjoys.

The works of the flesh are obvious - Now the works of the flesh are manifested.

The works of the flesh are obvious -

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.

Now the works of the flesh are manifested.

Sexual -

18 Flee fornication.

Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

The point that the first four works of the flesh deal with sexual sin implies the chief enemy to walking in the Spirit sensual pleasure of any kind.

“Flee fornication.

Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”

Adultery

Fornication

the Greek word is “porneia” - “Sexual acts that are morally objectionable; especially.

related to prostitution.”

Uncleanness -

Dirty and impure sexual sins.

Lasciviousness -

Indulgence in sensual pleasure.

Rebellion

Idolatry -

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The worship of a material representation of a deity.

Witchcraft -

Magic, sorcery - “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, He hath also rejected thee from being king.”

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,

The sin nature manifests itself in the area of relationships and society.

The flesh causes breakdowns in personal relationships.

Relationships -

The sin nature manifests itself in the area of relationships and society.

The flesh causes breakdowns in personal relationships.

And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.