TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE

"This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh." Galatians 5:16
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​Memorize this verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
16. T I S T W I T S A Y S N F T L O T F

Notes on this verse:

“Walk in the Spirit”: All believers have the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom. 8-9: 1 Cor. 6:19-20), as the personal power for living to please God. The form of the Greek verb translated “walk” indicates continuous action, or a habitual lifestyle.

Walking also implies progress; as a believer submits to the Spirit’s control, that is, responds in obedience to the simple commands of Scripture, he grows in his spiritual life (see notes on Rom. 8:13; Eph. 5:18; Col. 3:16).

“Walk in the Spirit” (i.e., “live by the Spirit”): Christians are to live with the Spirit’s help. How does one “live by the Spirit”?

(1) The Christian must believe that the Spirit is with him, having been sent by God into his heart (4:6).

(2) In every spiritual confrontation the believer must yield to the Spirit, that is, submit his own desires to those of the Spirit.

(3) One must depend on the Spirit for help, enabling him to live a God-pleasing life (verse 5)

(4) The believer should anticipate the effects of the Spirit’s help in his daily life. The believer who “lives by the Spirit” will “not fulfill” (accomplish, carry out), “the lust” (strong desires), “of the flesh” (sinful nature).

“The flesh”: This is not simply the physical body, but includes the mind, will, and emotions which are all subject to sin. It refers in general to our unredeemed humanness (see notes on Rom. 7:5; 8:23; see verse 13 of Galatians 5).

The lust of the flesh of man is what brings trouble and strife. When we walk in the Spirit of God, we have no lust of the flesh and have no desire to do wrong to anyone. When we make Jesus Lord of our life, He makes our decisions for us.

TODAY'S BIBLE READING

​January 31

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