I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. The flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh. These are opposed to each other so that you don’t do what you want – Galatians 5:16-17 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Sin is anything that opposes the Word of God. God has not changed neither does His Word. He has given His people instructions on how to live if they desire to please Him. Sadly, to say, so many of His people desire to please themselves rather than God.
Sin is pleasurable, if I said it wasn’t I would be lying, but God has given His people a portion of His Spirit so that they can conquer whatever sin tries to overtake them. Some professing Christians take a portion of Scripture to fit their advantage to sin.
Sin was the fall of mankind, because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve, everyone born has been born into a world of sin. Nature was affected because of sin, mankind was affected because of sin. The only way to be reconciled to the Father is by accepting salvation through His Son, Jesus, the Son of God. No other religion or false faith will give entrance to salvation.
There is no sin that has overtaken Christians and God has not given them the power to overcome it. Many are enjoying the sin and they don’t want to stop what they’re doing so they use the excuse, they don’t have the power to stop or they don’t have the power or strength to do what they really would like to do.
God knows Satan, and He knows he is His enemy and the enemy of His people. He knows that Satan will do everything in his power to make Christians sin against God. So God gave every Christian a portion of His Spirit when they accepted salvation.
When salvation is accepted, Jesus comes into the heart of the individual, once salvation is accepted the Christian should receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The reason why many professing Christians have not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit is that they accepted salvation because of guilt rather than accepting it with their hearts. (For godly grief produces repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death – 2nd Corinthians 7:10).
Anytime salvation is accepted with the heart there will be a spiritual change in the person’s heart and spirit. Some have not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit because they have not totally submitted themselves to God. They want to serve God, but they also want to serve Satan by living according to the standards of the flesh.
In order to grow spiritually, one must apply themselves to learn about the God one worship. Just as one took the time to learn about their spouse or friend they applied themselves to learn, well it takes the same thing to learn about God, the Father.
One of Satan’s influences is, it’s not that important to read the Bible, just go to church and you will be okay. There’s big majority of people attending church faithfully will be going to hell because they have not applied the instructions God has given the Christians to live by.
How can you live according to the Word of God if you don’t know what the instructions are? How can you get to know your Father when you don’t take the time to know about Him? One has to purpose to read the Bible, you have to purpose you will pray. You have to purpose you will study the Word of God, and when you begin to apply yourself to get to know Him then He will begin to open your understanding about Him and His Word.
God is Spirit and we must worship Him in spirit and in truth. When we allow the Word of God to transform our thinking then we can live according to the Word of God. Without being conformed we will continue to live according to our old nature. Because the world and Satan still have us under their control rather than us being controlled by the Spirit of God.
When we’re submitted to the Father, we don’t have to be asked to pray or read and study God’s Word because we’re in love with Him and we want to seek Him with our whole hearts continually. We want to get to know Him, we want to know how we can please Him.
Preparing yourself to study, I would recommend a King James Version, you have to be careful with different versions of the Bible, another good study Bible is the Dake Study Bible, it is good to get more than one version of the Bible, get a Bible Concordance, Bible Dictionary.
Mind you in school or if you’re attending school now, you purchased every book you needed to be able to get what you needed to complete the course. You’re going to need everything you can to finish this course that will lead your life to eternity with the Father and Son.
The Bible gives instructions on living in the Spirit, mind you, one can’t live in the Spirit if they have not been born of the Spirit. When God has penetrated your spirit, you will notice the change from the inside reaching to the outside.
As you apply yourself to spiritual things, you will find yourself wanting more of the spiritual and less of the natural. We must love God more than we love anything or anyone, He is a Jealousy God (You are to never bow down to another god because the Lord being jealous by nature, is a jealous God – Exodus 34:14).
So many have the misunderstanding that an idol is something carved or some type of item, idolatry is anything you place before God. If you love yourself more than you love God, you have made yourself an idol. If you love your spouse, children, and finance more than you love God then you have made that your idol.
If your giving all of your time doing something, watching television, on the computer, or on your phone, that has become your idol. We have to purposely make time to spend with God in prayer, reading, and studying His Word. Sitting in His presence, meditating on Scripture, waiting to hear His voice.
We must have the Spirit of God living within us to convict us of sin, if not, we will practice sin and think nothing of it, not understanding we’re preparing ourselves to go to hell where there is no exit. God’s instructions teach how to avoid hell.
Just as the children of Israel couldn’t approach God in any kind of way, He has not changed, we as the people of God can’t approach Him in any kind of way. As we submit ourselves to God and His Word, we’re building our relationship with Him. We will begin to fill His presence and will be sensitive to His Spirit. God will visit you wherever you welcome Him when you apply yourself to get to know Him.
When we live in the Spirit, we’re allowing the Fruit of the Spirit to be manifested in us. We’re cautious of what we say, think, or do because we don’t want to offend the Spirit of God. Living in the Spirit we’re no longer under the control and influence of Satan.
God has given His people a guideline to live by, we can’t pick and choose which ones we will adhere to. It’s time to remove everything that has hindered us from seeking God. People who are living according to the world’s standards are in need of someone to stand before God for them.
Our government does not have the people’s best interest at heart, this is why we have been instructed to pray for those that have authority over us. Marathons and protests are not going to change the situation, God didn’t say to do marches and protest, He said to pray!
When we commit ourselves to live according to God’s Word, we will have a consistent prayer life, this is when God will begin to press upon your heart on what to pray when to pray, and how to pray. God moves in our prayers, He’s waiting on Christians to pray and to stand in the gap for those who can’t approach Him because of the sin in their lives.
Those who reject and disobey God’s written Word, their prayers are an abomination to Him (He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination -Proverbs 28:9). The sacrifice of prayer for those who willingly disobey God’s instruction will not have their prayers answered (The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight – Proverbs 15:8).
Prayer is needed, but in order to get the prayers answered, one must position themselves to receive an answer to their prayer, and that is by submitting oneself to the Word of God. Set your affections on things above then you will be living in the Spirit, your focus and your goal are to please Him.
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Last Updated: December 26, 2022 by Evangelist Carolyn Luke
Living In The Spirit
I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. The flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh. These are opposed to each other so that you don’t do what you want – Galatians 5:16-17 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
Sin is anything that opposes the Word of God. God has not changed neither does His Word. He has given His people instructions on how to live if they desire to please Him. Sadly, to say, so many of His people desire to please themselves rather than God.
Sin is pleasurable, if I said it wasn’t I would be lying, but God has given His people a portion of His Spirit so that they can conquer whatever sin tries to overtake them. Some professing Christians take a portion of Scripture to fit their advantage to sin.
Sin was the fall of mankind, because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve, everyone born has been born into a world of sin. Nature was affected because of sin, mankind was affected because of sin. The only way to be reconciled to the Father is by accepting salvation through His Son, Jesus, the Son of God. No other religion or false faith will give entrance to salvation.
There is no sin that has overtaken Christians and God has not given them the power to overcome it. Many are enjoying the sin and they don’t want to stop what they’re doing so they use the excuse, they don’t have the power to stop or they don’t have the power or strength to do what they really would like to do.
God knows Satan, and He knows he is His enemy and the enemy of His people. He knows that Satan will do everything in his power to make Christians sin against God. So God gave every Christian a portion of His Spirit when they accepted salvation.
When salvation is accepted, Jesus comes into the heart of the individual, once salvation is accepted the Christian should receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The reason why many professing Christians have not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit is that they accepted salvation because of guilt rather than accepting it with their hearts. (For godly grief produces repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death – 2nd Corinthians 7:10).
Anytime salvation is accepted with the heart there will be a spiritual change in the person’s heart and spirit. Some have not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit because they have not totally submitted themselves to God. They want to serve God, but they also want to serve Satan by living according to the standards of the flesh.
In order to grow spiritually, one must apply themselves to learn about the God one worship. Just as one took the time to learn about their spouse or friend they applied themselves to learn, well it takes the same thing to learn about God, the Father.
One of Satan’s influences is, it’s not that important to read the Bible, just go to church and you will be okay. There’s big majority of people attending church faithfully will be going to hell because they have not applied the instructions God has given the Christians to live by.
How can you live according to the Word of God if you don’t know what the instructions are? How can you get to know your Father when you don’t take the time to know about Him? One has to purpose to read the Bible, you have to purpose you will pray. You have to purpose you will study the Word of God, and when you begin to apply yourself to get to know Him then He will begin to open your understanding about Him and His Word.
God is Spirit and we must worship Him in spirit and in truth. When we allow the Word of God to transform our thinking then we can live according to the Word of God. Without being conformed we will continue to live according to our old nature. Because the world and Satan still have us under their control rather than us being controlled by the Spirit of God.
When we’re submitted to the Father, we don’t have to be asked to pray or read and study God’s Word because we’re in love with Him and we want to seek Him with our whole hearts continually. We want to get to know Him, we want to know how we can please Him.
Preparing yourself to study, I would recommend a King James Version, you have to be careful with different versions of the Bible, another good study Bible is the Dake Study Bible, it is good to get more than one version of the Bible, get a Bible Concordance, Bible Dictionary.
Mind you in school or if you’re attending school now, you purchased every book you needed to be able to get what you needed to complete the course. You’re going to need everything you can to finish this course that will lead your life to eternity with the Father and Son.
The Bible gives instructions on living in the Spirit, mind you, one can’t live in the Spirit if they have not been born of the Spirit. When God has penetrated your spirit, you will notice the change from the inside reaching to the outside.
As you apply yourself to spiritual things, you will find yourself wanting more of the spiritual and less of the natural. We must love God more than we love anything or anyone, He is a Jealousy God (You are to never bow down to another god because the Lord being jealous by nature, is a jealous God – Exodus 34:14).
So many have the misunderstanding that an idol is something carved or some type of item, idolatry is anything you place before God. If you love yourself more than you love God, you have made yourself an idol. If you love your spouse, children, and finance more than you love God then you have made that your idol.
If your giving all of your time doing something, watching television, on the computer, or on your phone, that has become your idol. We have to purposely make time to spend with God in prayer, reading, and studying His Word. Sitting in His presence, meditating on Scripture, waiting to hear His voice.
We must have the Spirit of God living within us to convict us of sin, if not, we will practice sin and think nothing of it, not understanding we’re preparing ourselves to go to hell where there is no exit. God’s instructions teach how to avoid hell.
Just as the children of Israel couldn’t approach God in any kind of way, He has not changed, we as the people of God can’t approach Him in any kind of way. As we submit ourselves to God and His Word, we’re building our relationship with Him. We will begin to fill His presence and will be sensitive to His Spirit. God will visit you wherever you welcome Him when you apply yourself to get to know Him.
When we live in the Spirit, we’re allowing the Fruit of the Spirit to be manifested in us. We’re cautious of what we say, think, or do because we don’t want to offend the Spirit of God. Living in the Spirit we’re no longer under the control and influence of Satan.
God has given His people a guideline to live by, we can’t pick and choose which ones we will adhere to. It’s time to remove everything that has hindered us from seeking God. People who are living according to the world’s standards are in need of someone to stand before God for them.
Our government does not have the people’s best interest at heart, this is why we have been instructed to pray for those that have authority over us. Marathons and protests are not going to change the situation, God didn’t say to do marches and protest, He said to pray!
When we commit ourselves to live according to God’s Word, we will have a consistent prayer life, this is when God will begin to press upon your heart on what to pray when to pray, and how to pray. God moves in our prayers, He’s waiting on Christians to pray and to stand in the gap for those who can’t approach Him because of the sin in their lives.
Those who reject and disobey God’s written Word, their prayers are an abomination to Him (He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination -Proverbs 28:9). The sacrifice of prayer for those who willingly disobey God’s instruction will not have their prayers answered (The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight – Proverbs 15:8).
Prayer is needed, but in order to get the prayers answered, one must position themselves to receive an answer to their prayer, and that is by submitting oneself to the Word of God. Set your affections on things above then you will be living in the Spirit, your focus and your goal are to please Him.
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